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A brief story of the man, who laid the foundations of the great Mughal Empire in IndiaTRANSCRIPT
Babur
Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur
(14 February 1483 – 26 December 1530)
Timur Lung Genghiz khan
Bloodline of two great warriors, conquerors, rulers !!
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
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
After 7 years, in 1504 crossed the Hindukush mountains and attacked and captured Kabul (Present day Afghanistan), where he ruled until 1526
India
Kabul
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 !!
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)
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
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
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
Other Facts and legends Babur is considered a national Hero in Uzbekistan, The Uzbek government has declared 14th 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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