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Zahir ud-din Muhammad Babur was born on February 14, 1483 near Uzbekistan. He was a Muslim conqueror from Central Asia who finally succeeded in laying the basis for the Mughal dynasty of South Asia. He was a direct descendant of Timur through his father, and a descendant also of Genghis Khan through his mother.
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Ibrahim Lodi had one hundred thousand men and one hundred elephants. But Babur had something which Ibrahim did not have – guns. There were hardly any guns at that time in India and Babur had managed to get hold of some in Kabul. He had cannons and some rifles as well.
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In 1497, Babur attacked the Uzbek city of Samarkand and after seven months succeeded in capturing the city.
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At the age of 14, he ventured into present day Afghanistan and captured Kabul.
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Babur attempts to reconquer his ancestral Timurid territories.
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In 1522, when he was already turning his attention to Pakistan and India, he finally secured Kandahār, a strategic site on the road to Sindh.
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Babur founded the Mughal Empire in India after defeating Ibrahim Lodhi in the Battle of Panipat in 1526.
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A new power appeared in India. Babur, who claimed to be the representative of Timur Lang, after winning the battle of Panipat, took possession of Dehli and Agra. Babur's forces crushed Ibrahim Lodi's army, largely due to Babur's access to artillery and gunpowder, both of which were in short supply on Lodi's side.
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Babur died suddenly of an acute illness in 1530, leaving the throne to his son, Humayun. It is said that in a religious ceremony, he transferred his son's illness to himself and sacrificed himself in order to save Humayun. As Humayun recovered, the former became worse and after two or three months Babur died at Agra on December 26, 1530. Babur was buried in Kabul.
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He gathered is inheritance left by his father, Babur, as well as the entire Muhgal Empire.
