Eurasiatica Quaderni di studi su Balcani, Anatolia, Iran, Caucaso e Asia Centrale

Collana | Eurasiatica
Miscellanea | Armenia, Caucaso e Asia Centrale
Capitolo | Gastronomica in Bāburnāme

Gastronomica in Bāburnāme

Abstract

The Bāburnāme, written by Ẓahīr-ud-Dīn Muhammad Bābur, the founder of the Moghul Dynasty, represents the most important literary work of the Chagathay literature. Besides, it also occupies a prominent position within the Islamic literature since it represents the first autobiography written in the Islamic world. As widely known, Bāburnāme is a goldmine of information on various aspect of Central Asian material and spiritual culture. The present article discusses selected passages of the Bāburnāme – presented to the reader in both morphologically glossed original and translation – focusing on food culture and gastronomy in Central Asia.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 07 Giugno 2021 | Accettato: 14 Settembre 2021 | Pubblicato 21 Dicembre 2021 | Lingua: it

Keywords Chaghatay languageFood studiesBāburnāmeCentral AsiaTurcology


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