Adam Khan Gakhar
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Sultan Adam Khan was the chief of the Gakhar clan who succeeded his brother Sarang Khan after the death of the latter in 1541. Like Sarang Khan, he continued his resistance to the Sur dynasty and late
Adam Khan captured by the Mughals, detail from a 1589 painting
Babur
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Babur was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother, respectively. He was also given the posthumous name
Portrait of Babur in the Late Shah Jahan Album, painted c. 1640. Smithsonian Collections.
Detail of Babur's dynastic seal, from a Mughal land grant dating from August 1527
Babur Family Tree
Babur as the young Emir of Fergana, joining forces with Sultan Ali Mirza in 1497 near Samarqand. Painted c. 1589 (Baburnama).