Babur (1483-1530) was the founder of the Mughal Empire in South Asia. A descendant of both Timur and Genghis Khan, he first ruled a small kingdom in Central Asia around Ferghana before being driven out by rival warlords, after which he established a base in Kabul and turned his ambitions toward India. In 1526 he defeated the much larger army of Ibrahim Lodi, the Sultan of Delhi, at the First Battle of Panipat, using artillery and tactics learned from Ottoman warfare, and went on to establish Mughal rule over much of northern India before his death in 1530. He left behind the Baburnama, an unusually candid memoir describing his campaigns, court life and observations on the lands he conquered, which remains a major primary source for the period.
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RoleFounder of the Mughal Empire in South Asia 1 BirthplaceAndijan, Fergana Valley (present-day Uzbekistan) 1 Role
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Why did Babur turn to India?
He had lost Samarkand three times to the Uzbeks and chose India as a refuge.
Babur turned his attention to India after losing Samarkand for the third time. He wanted to escape the Uzbeks and chose India as a refuge instead of Badakhshan, which lay to the north of Kabul. He wrote that in the presence of such power he had to think of some place for himself. He reached the Chenab River in Punjab in 1519, and in 1526 he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the Sultan of Delhi, at the First Battle of Panipat and founded the Mughal Empire.
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born Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad
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Born in Andijan in the Fergana Valley (now in Uzbekistan), Babur was the eldest son of Umar Shaikh Mirza II (1456-1494, Timurid governor of Fergana from 1469 to 1494) and a great-great-great-grandson of Timur (1336-1405).
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death_place = Agra, Mughal Empire
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He was also given the posthumous name of Firdaws Makani ('Dwelling in Paradise').
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A descendant of both Timur and Genghis Khan, he first ruled a small kingdom in Central Asia around Ferghana before being driven out by rival warlords, after which he established a base in Kabul and turned his ambitions toward India.
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Babur (Persian: ببر, Persian: [bɑː.βuɾ]; 14 February 1483 - 26 December 1530; born Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad) was the founder of the Mughal Empire in South Asia.
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