Question

Short essay on Babur

Answer 1

Zahir-ud-Din Mohammad surnamed Babur was born in 1483. He was associated with both the groups of Timur and Chengiz Khan Thus he had in him the blood of the two biggest heroes of Central Asia.

Babur is a standout amongst the most astounding identities ever. He established his framework of the Mughal lead in India overcoming Sultan Ibrahim Lodi in the war zone of Panipat in 1526 A.D. He was the child of Umar Shaikh Mirza.

Babur set up the Mughal Empire on the Indian soil, which reached out from Indus to Bihar and from the Himalayas to Gwalior and Chanderi, Babur established the foundation of Mughal empire in India.

Answer 2

Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur also know as Babur was born on 14th February 1483 in the valleys of Ferghana to Umar Shaikh. He was a descendant of Timur from his father's side and Jenghis Khan from his mother's side.

At the age of 12 Babur was crowned the king of Ferghana as his father had died. Babur wanted to conquer Samarkand and when he did he got the news that his half-brother Jahangir was going to be given Ferghana to rule over. On his way back to Ferghana he lost Samarkand and Ferghana both. Then he was a ruler without a kingdom. He still had a few followers. He used to raid small villages in order to survive. Babur was a thoughtful person as "they were nearly all on foot, wearing peasant clothes armed with only staves. The party had only two tents between them. Babur;s own may still have been tolerably weather proof, but he reserved it for the use of his mother.For himself they pitched an open tent of felt under which he could hold court."(Quote from "The Great Moghuls") Shaibani Khan was Babur's number one enemy. Babur then found out that Kabul was vacant and planned to take over Kabul as it was far from Shaibani's territories.Then Kabul was his. Babur loved gardens and especially building them so he made a garden almost everywhere he went and he loved the garden of Kabul the most. Shaibani died as he was ambushed by Shah Ismail who soon had become an ally of Babur. Babur wanted to conquer Samarkand again and thus took the help of Shah Ismail. Though Babur was not religiously fanatic as Shah Ismail had a condition if he wanted his help. The condition was that Babur would convert from a Sunni to a Shia and Babur agreed. So Babur became a Shia Muslim and conquered Samarkand again.But now the people there were appalled that Babur became a Shia and did not like the idea of that. He lost the support of the people of Samarkand and he lost Samarkand again after eight months.

Tired of losing Samarkand, Babur was invited by Babur was invited by Daulat Khan Lodi, a rebel of the Lodi dynasty, in 1524, to invade North India and fight the dynasty and their enemies in Rajputana. Then the battle of Panipat took place and the Delhi Sultanate lost and then Babur established the Moghul empire.He won the battles of Ghagra, Khanwah and more. Babur died on 26th December 1530 . After he died his eldest son Humayun ruled the empire.