1508 - 1556 (47 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Muhammad Nasir ud-din Humayun was born on 14 Mar 1508 in Kabul Castle (son of Zahir ud-Din Muhammad Babur and Mahim Begum); died on 2 Feb 1556 in Delhi, Bhārat Gaṇarājya; was buried in Mausoleum of Emperor Humayun, Kiloghari. Notes:
Humayun Pronounced As: hoomäyoon , 1507-56, second Mughal emperor of India (1530-56), son and successor of Babur. In 1535, pressed by enemy incursions into Rajasthan, Humayun defeated the formidable Bahadur Shah of Gujarat. However military opposition, particularly that of Sher Khan in Bihar, grew in strength. Sher Khan overran Bengal in 1537, and Humayun was routed at Chausa in 1539 and crushingly defeated at Kanauj in 1540. Humayun fled to Sind and finally obtained shelter from Shah Tahmasp of Persia in 1544. After the death of Sher Khan's son, Humayun, with Persian support, invaded (1555) India and reestablished Mughal authority. He died soon after, and his son Akbar became emperor.
Family/Spouse: Hamida Banu Begum. Hamida (daughter of Shaikh 'Ali Akbar Jami and Mah Afraz Begum) was born in 1527; died on 29 Aug 1604 in Agra; was buried in Mausoleum of Emperor Humayun, Delhi, Bhārat Gaṇarājya. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Badr ud-din Muhammad Akbar was born on 23 Nov 1542 in Fort of Amarkot; died on 16 Oct 1605 in Agra.
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Generation: 2
2. | Zahir ud-Din Muhammad Babur was born on 15 Feb 1483 in Fergana, Uzbekistan (son of Umar Shaikh Mirza, II and Qutlaq Nigar Khanum); died on 25 Dec 1530 in Charbaghi near Agra; was buried in Kabul, Afghanistan. Notes:
1st Moghul Emperor
Babur Pronounced As: bäbr [Turk.,=lion], 1483-1530, founder of the Mughal empire of India. His full name was Zahir ud-Din Muhammad. A descendant of Timur (Tamerlane) and of Jenghiz Khan, he succeeded (1494) to the principality of Fergana in central Asia. His early life was spent in an ultimately unsuccessful struggle to retain his inheritance and to recover Samarkand (Timur's capital) from the Uzbeks. In 1504, however, he captured Kabul and established a kingdom in Afghanistan. After the failure of his final attempt (1512) on Samarkand, Babur began raids southward into India. In 1525, responding to an invitation from the governor of the Punjab to overthrow the sultan of Delhi, Babur launched an invasion. Although his force was small, he defeated the sultan at Panipat in 1526 and captured Agra and Delhi. He finally conquered nearly all of N India. Babur was also a distinguished poet. His autobiography, The Baburnama (tr. by A. S. Beveridge, 1922, and by W. M. Thackston, 1996), is his most important work. His son Humayun succeeded him. Babur's name is also transliterated Baber and Babar.
The founder of the Mughal dynasty was Babur, "The Tiger," who ruled from 1483 to 1530. Babur was not fully a
Mongol: his mother was descended from Genghis Khan, but his father was descended from Timur. Like his ancestors, he rose from comparatively little to become one of the great conquerors of his time. He ruled over a small kingdom in Turkestan; he expanded his kingdom by attacking Afghanistan and capturing Kabul in 1504. From there he crossed over the mountains into Hindustan and attacked the Dehli Sultanate. With an army of only twelve thousand men, he defeated the Sultan at Panipat, captured Agra and Dehli, and established himself as Sultan. He then attacked a confederation of Rajput states. When he died in 1530 he had conquered all of Hindustan and controlled an empire that extended from the Deccan to Turkestan. Besides his fierce military genius, his conquest of this vast territory was aided by technological superiority. He was the first Islamic conqueror to employ muskets and artillery, and even though these weapons were somewhat primitive, they were more than a match for the armies of the Hindustan.
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Zahir married Mahim Begum in 1506 in Herat, Afghanistan. Mahim (daughter of NN) died on 8 May 1533 in Agra, India. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Mahim Begum (daughter of NN); died on 8 May 1533 in Agra, India. Children:
- 1. Muhammad Nasir ud-din Humayun was born on 14 Mar 1508 in Kabul Castle; died on 2 Feb 1556 in Delhi, Bhārat Gaṇarājya; was buried in Mausoleum of Emperor Humayun, Kiloghari.
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