Babur
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Babur was the founder of the Mughal Empire in South Asia. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother, respectively. He was also given the posthumous name of Firdaws Ma
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).
Timur
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Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror, first ruler of the Timurid dynasty, and the founder of the Timurid Empire, which ruled over modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia
Babur
…Persian: ; 14 February 1483 – 26 December 1530; born Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad) was the founder of the Mughal Empire in South Asia. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother, respectively. He was also given the posthumous name of Firdaws Makani ('Dwelling in Paradise'). Born…
Facial reconstruction from Timur's skull, by Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
Original location of Timur's Mongol Barlas tribe
Earliest known portrait of Timur, commissioned right after his death in 1405–1409, by his grandson Khalil Sultan for an illustrated Timurid genealogy (TSMK, H2152).
Timur on horse in a battle with Tokhtamysh, Khan of the Golden Horde. 1420–1440 manuscript (partially colored), possibly Herat. Topkapi H.2153