Question

Write a short note on Babur?

Answer 1

Babur's real name was Zahir-ud-din Muhammad.his father was a descendent of Amir Timur while his mother belonged to Changez Khan's family.Mirza Umar Sheikh,his father,was the cheif of Farghana,a small state in Central Asia.He died when babur babur was only eleven yrs old.babur's enemies deprived him of his jagir and he had to leave his native place in despair.then he came down to kabul,conquered it and became its ruler.Babur did not live to consolidate his empire and died in A.D. 1530

Answer 2

Babur was the eldest son of Umar Sheikh Mirza, governor of Farghana and great grandson of Timur the Great. He ascended the throne of Fergana in its capital Akhsikent in 1494 at the age of twelve and faced rebellion. He conquered Samarkand two years later, only to lose the vilayat of Fergana soon after. In his attempt to reconquer Fergana, he lost control of Samarkand. In 1501, his attempt to recapture both vilayats went in vain as he was defeated by Muhammad Shaybani Khan. In 1504, he conquered Kabul, which was under the rule of the infant heir of Ulugh Begh. Babur formed a partnership with Safavid ruler Ismail I and reconquered parts of Turkistan, including Samarkand, only to again lose it and the other newly conquered lands to the Sheybanids.