Babur

b. Feb. 15, 1483, principality of Fergana [now in Uzbekistan]

d. Dec. 26, 1530, Agra, India

(Arabic: Tiger), also spelled BABAR, OR BABER, original name ZAHIR-UD-DIN MUHAMMAD emperor (1526-30) and founder of the Mughal dynasty of India, a descendant of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan and also of Timur (Tamerlane). He was a military adventurer and soldier of distinction and a poet and diarist of genius, as well as a statesman.