Ẓahīr al-Dīn Muḥammad
born Feb. 15, 1483, principality of Fergana
died Dec. 26, 1530, Agra, India
Emperor (1526–30) and founder of the Mughal Dynasty of India.
A descendant of Genghis Khan and Timur. he came from a tribe of Mongol origin but was Turkish in language and
upbringing. In his youth he tried for 10 years (1494–1504) to gain
control of Samarkand, Timur's old capital. Those efforts ended in his
losing his own principality in Fergana (modern Uzbekistan), but he
consoled himself by seizing and holding Kabul (1504). After four failed
attempts, he successfully occupied Delhi (1525). Surrounded by enemy
states, Bābur (the name means “Tiger”) persuaded his homesick troops to
stand their ground, and over the next four years he defeated his foes.
His grandson Akbar consolidated the new empire. Bābur was also a gifted poet and a lover of nature who constructed gardens wherever he went. The Bābur-nāmeh, his prose memoirs, has become a world classic of autobiography.
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