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Mughal emperor from to

This article is about the first Mughal Emperor. For the male given name, see Babar. For the amphipod crustacean, see Babr. For other uses, see Babur (disambiguation).

Babur (Persian:[bɑː.βuɾ]; 14 February &#;&#; 26 December ; born Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad) was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent.

Humayun

He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother respectively.^[4][5][6] He was also given the posthumous name of Firdaws Makani ('Dwelling in Paradise').^[7]

Born in Andijan in the Fergana Valley (now in Uzbekistan), Babur was the eldest son of Umar Shaikh Mirza II (–, governor of Fergana from to ) and a great-great-great-grandson of Timur (–).

Babur ascended the throne of Fergana in its capital Akhsikath in at the age of twelve and faced rebellion. He conquered Samarkand two years later, only to lose Fergana soon after. In his attempt to reconquer Fer