How long does it take to read Bābar-nāma?
being the autobiography of the Emperor Bábar, the founder of the Moghul dynasty in India, written in Chagatáy Turkish
Babur, Wheeler M. Thackston, Annette S. Beveridge, William Dalrymple, Nurmukhammet Andalyp, Talbot Frederick Gilbert, Abel Pavet De Courteille, M. F. Akhundov adyna Azarbaijan Respublika Dovlat Kitabkhanasy Staff, N. I. Ilʹminskii
Bābar-nāma by Babur, Wheeler M. Thackston, Annette S. Beveridge, William Dalrymple, Nurmukhammet Andalyp, Talbot Frederick Gilbert, Abel Pavet De Courteille, M. F. Akhundov adyna Azarbaijan Respublika Dovlat Kitabkhanasy Staff, N. I. Ilʹminskii takes about 9 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 9 hours
A week or two of reading
First published 1844. 491 pages, about 135,025 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 15 hours |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 9 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 38 minutes |
The page count is the median across 93 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Memoirs of Babur, Emperor of India.
Subjects: History, Biography, Kings and rulers, Sources, Texts, Mogul empire
