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In her memoirs, a princess of this empire recounted her father pranking the court jester Asas by sending him an extremely heavy gold coin. A later ruler of this empire (0[1])later asked that princess, Gulbadan, to tell (20[1])her life (20[1])to his (20[1])court historian, Abul Faz’l. (20[5])A likely (20[1])bisexual (0[1])ruler of this empire (20[1])described falling in love with a boy at a market in memoirs (20[1]0[1])translated from Chagatai Turkic into (*) Persian. (0[2])Another ruler of this empire (0[2])styled (0[1])himself as “Conqueror of the World,” (10[1])or Alamgir, (10[1])and reinstated the (10[1])jizya. (10[6]0[1])After (10[1])being driven out of his (0[1])homeland in the Ferghana Valley, the first ruler (10[1])of this empire (10[1])defeated Ibrahim Lodi at the Battle of Panipat. (0[1])For 10 points, the Baburnama is a history of what (10[1])empire, (10[1])whose other rulers included Akbar? (10[1])■END■ (10[6]0[3])

ANSWER: Mughal Empire [or Mogul Empire; or Gurkiniya; or Gurkani]
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