Zahiriddin Muhammad Babur

Babur was born in Andijan on 14 February 1483, in the Fergana Valley, a Timurid prince descended from Tamerlane on his father's side and from Genghis Khan on his mother's. Ruler of Fergana from childhood, he took and lost Samarkand twice, wandered for years in exile, took Kabul in 1504, then won out in 1526 at Panipat over Ibrahim Lodi: he thus founded the Mughal Empire. He died in Agra in December 1530; in accordance with his wish, his remains were later carried to Kabul, to the garden that bears his name.

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