February 14 - Birthday of Zahiriddin Muhammad Babur
Babur's father was Umarshaikh Mirza, the governor of Fergana region, and his mother was Kutlug Nigorkhanim, the daughter of Yunuskhan, the governor of Tashkent.
His real name was Zahiriddin Muhammad ibn Umarshaikh Mirza. For his bravery and courage, he received the nickname "Babur" ("Lion") from a young age.
After his father died tragically in Akhsida at the age of 39, 12-year-old Babur ascended the throne as crown prince (June 1494).
Babur built such camps in Afghanistan as "Boghi Shahroro", "Boghi Jahonoro", "Ortaboghi", "Boghi Vafo" and "Boghi Babur".
Babur's children Humayun, Gulbadanbegim, Kamran and Hindol were born in Kabul.
In April 1526 (at the age of 43), Babur defeated the 100,000-strong army of the Delhi Sultan Ibrahim Lodi at the Battle of Panipat with 12,000 soldiers and captured Delhi. Soon after, he defeated another Indian general, Rano Sango, and subdued the northern part of India up to Bengal.
In 1521, Babur wrote a poetic work called "Mubayyin", in which he explained the five pillars of Sharia. In the same year, he also wrote the book "Mubayyin ul-Zakat". His scientific works such as "Harb Ishi" and "Musiqa ilmi" have not yet been found.
The events of "Baburnama" cover the period from Andijan, Khujand, Samarkand to Herat, Kabul and Agra. It truthfully reflects the events, nature and social life of almost 50 years in the region from Central Asia to India.
Babur died in Agra at the age of 47 and was buried there, later (1539), according to his will, his ashes were brought to Kabul and placed in the "Garden of Babur" that he had built.
The empire founded by Babur ruled India for about three and a half centuries.
