8 Facts about Babur

Tuesday, April 28th 2015. | Figures

If you want to know the conqueror of Central Asia, read Facts about Babur. Babur was born on 14 February 1483 with the full name Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur. He passed away on 26 December 1530. He was the first Mughal emperor who successfully set the base of the Mughal Dynasty in India. Do you know that Babur was the descendant of Genghis Khan from his mother’s line? In his father’s line, he was the descendant of Timur from the Barlas Clan. Check more facts about Barbur below:

Facts about Babur 1: the Persian culture

The point of view of Babur was influenced a lot of by the Persian culture. Therefore, he also laid the foundation of Persian ethos in his empire.

Facts about Babur 2: the detail of his life

Babur narrated the details of his life by making memoirs. His memoirs were written in his mother tongue, Chaghatai Turkic. However, the vocabulary, morphology, and sentence structure were highly persianized. The title of his memoirs was Baburnama.

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Facts about Babur 3: Akbar

Akbar was the grandson of Babur who became the ruler in the future. During the reign of Akbar, Baburnama was translated into Persian. Get facts about Akbar the Great here.

Facts about Babur 4: place of birth

Babur was born in Andijan. It was a city in Fergana Valley, Uzbekistan. His father was Umar Sheikh Mirza. His mother was Qutlugh Nigar Khanum.

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Facts about Babur 5: Barlas tribe

Babur was a part of the Barlas tribe. Even though it was originated from Mongol, the Persian and Turkic culture influenced every aspect of this tribe.

Facts about Babur 6: Chaghatai language

Chaghatai language was the mother tongue of Babur. But he mastered Persian too. It was very surprising to know that Babur got a lot of support from the Iranian and Turkic people of Central Asia. There is no need to wonder that his army came from diverse ethnicity such as Arabs, Afghans, Persians and Barlas. Find out another emperor in Facts about Aurangzeb here.

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Facts about Babur 7: the death of his father

His father passed away because of an accident. Actually two of his uncles wanted Jahangir, his younger brother as the ruler of the Farghana Valley. But Babur got a help from Aisan Daulat Begum, his maternal grandmother to secure his position.

Facts about Babur 8: battles

Babur had to do some important battles during his life to get the power. Those battles included Battle of Panipat, Battle of Khanwa, Battle of Chanderi and Battle of Ghaghra.