Babur

A brief story of the man, who laid the foundations of the great Mughal Empire in India

1. Babur
Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur
(14 February 1483 – 26 December 1530)
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2. Timur Lung
Genghiz khan
Bloodline of two great
warriors, conquerors, rulers !!
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3. Took birth as the son of chieftain of
Farghana (present day Uzbekistan) in
the year 1483 on valentine’s day !! 
Due to the death of father, sat on the
throne of Fergana at an early age of 11
India
His birthplace
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4. Attacked and captured Samarkand (Seat
of his father’s Kin) at an age of 14
Lost Samarkand
after ruling it for 7
months
During his exile, he was
busy recruiting and
strengthening his army
India
Samarkand
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5. After 7 years, in 1504 crossed the Hindukush mountains and attacked and
captured Kabul (Present day Afghanistan), where he ruled until 1526
India
Kabul
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6. Into India
India
Reached Lahore in 1525, India
was under the rule of Ibrahim
Lodhi of Lodhi Dynasty
Panipat Fought the historic battle of Panipat in 1526
against Mr. Lodhi, defeated him and captured the
throne of Delhi and laid foundation of the Mughal
Dynasty !!
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7. The first battle of Panipat
Though the strength of Mr. Lodhi’s army was many times the strength of Mr.
Babur’s army, but still the former succumbed to the brilliant military strategies and
use of heavy artillery and cannons ( which was being used for the first time in
India )
Mughal artillery and troops in action during the Battle of Panipat (1526)
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8. Rajputs
The Rajput lords ruled an area directly to the
southwest of Babur's new dominions, commonly
known as Rajputana as well as fortified
dominions in other parts of northern India. It
was not a unified kingdom, but rather a
confederacy of principalities, under the informal
suzerainty of Rana Sanga.

Although master of Delhi and Agra, Babur
records in his memoirs that he had sleepless
nights because of continuing worries over the
Rajputana warriors especially Rana Sanga of
Mewar
Rana Sanga
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9. Death
After Babur fell seriously ill, Humayun, his eldest son, was summoned from his Jagir.

He
died at the age of 47 in 1531, and was succeeded by Humayun. In accordance to his will,
his body was moved to Kabul, Afghanistan there it lies in Bagh-e Babur (Babur Gardens).
Inside the Gardens of Babur in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Humayun
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10. Baburnama
The "Memoirs of Babur" or Baburnama are the
work Babur. Babur's memoirs are the first--and
until relatively recent times, the only--true
autobiography in Islamic literature.
The Baburnama tells the tale of the prince's
struggle first to assert and defend his claim to the
throne of Samarkand and the region of the
Fergana Valley. After being driven out of
Samarkand in 1501 by the Uzbek Shaibanids, he
ultimately sought greener pastures, first in Kabul
and then in northern India, where his descendants
were the Moghul (Mughal) dynasty ruling in Delhi
until 1858.
There is much on the political and military
struggles of his time but also extensive descriptive
sections on the physical and human geography,
the flora and fauna, nomads in their pastures and
urban environments enriched by the architecture,
music and Persian and Turkic literature patronized
by the Timurids.
A scene with peacocks and birds from the
Baburnama
Language : Chagatai/Turki
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11. Other Facts and legends
Babur is considered a national Hero in Uzbekistan, The Uzbek
government has declared 14
th
Feb a day of national
celebration, not of love, but of the birthday of the 16th century
Mughal emperor Babur.
Babur once won Kabul with a rag-tag army. His secret? Mostly, it was
that his predecessor was an awful tyrant, and Babur was relatively kind.
Legend holds that Babur would swim
across every river he encountered.
Including twice across Ganges River.
The name Babur is derived from the Persian word Babr,
meaning Tiger or Lion
Relatively ?? because : he too had a great passion to kill people, cut
heads of people and create pillars out of cut head. He claimed to have
created several such pillars in his autobiography.
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12. Thank you
Sources:

1)Wikipedia
2)Extensive use of Google
Anand Prakash
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