character sketch of Zahiruddin Babur
* Founder of Mughal Empire in India
*Born on 14th Feb,1483 at a town called Andijan that is located in present day Uzbekistan.
*Died on Dec 26,1530 in Agra,burried at Kabul.
*Belonged to the Mongol Tribe from mother's side and Timur Shah from father's side.
*His successor was his son Humayun.
Qualities
--Military Genius,Skill ful warrior,Able administrator,lover of fine arts and poetry,noble and kind hearted,humble an good humored.
--A poetic genius and his creations have been compiled as an autobiography known as Babur_namah.
--A witty person who had a streak of adventure and a keen eye for natural beauty.
--showed typical Turkish characteristics
As a Warrior
--Ascended the throne of Central Asian kingdom of Farghana at the age of 12/14.
--Fought many battles to rule over Samarkand,winning and losing his kingdom many times in the process.
--In 1504,he ventured into what is now Afghanistan and conquered Kabul.
--Invaded India five times,crossing the River Indus each time.
--The fifth expedition resulted in his encounter with Ibrahim Lodhi in the first battle of Panipat in April 1526.
--After Panipat,the Hindu princes united under Rana Sanga,the Raja of Mewar.Babar's armies had a fight with them at Kanwaha,near Agra on March 16,1527 and Babar won decisively.Kanwaha confirmed and completed Babur's victory at Panipat.
--In 1528,he captured Chanderi from the Rajput chief Medini Rao,and a year later he defeated the Afghan chiefs under Mahmud Lodhi in the battle of Ghagra at Bihar.
--He became the "Master of Hindustan".
Remarkable Innovation
* Founder of Mughal Empire in India
*Born on 14th Feb,1483 at a town called Andijan that is located in present day Uzbekistan.
*Died on Dec 26,1530 in Agra,burried at Kabul.
*Belonged to the Mongol Tribe from mother's side and Timur Shah from father's side.
*His successor was his son Humayun.
Qualities
--Military Genius,Skill ful warrior,Able administrator,lover of fine arts and poetry,noble and kind hearted,humble an good humored.
--A poetic genius and his creations have been compiled as an autobiography known as Babur_namah.
--A witty person who had a streak of adventure and a keen eye for natural beauty.
--showed typical Turkish characteristics
As a Warrior
--Ascended the throne of Central Asian kingdom of Farghana at the age of 12/14.
--Fought many battles to rule over Samarkand,winning and losing his kingdom many times in the process.
--In 1504,he ventured into what is now Afghanistan and conquered Kabul.
--Invaded India five times,crossing the River Indus each time.
--The fifth expedition resulted in his encounter with Ibrahim Lodhi in the first battle of Panipat in April 1526.
--After Panipat,the Hindu princes united under Rana Sanga,the Raja of Mewar.Babar's armies had a fight with them at Kanwaha,near Agra on March 16,1527 and Babar won decisively.Kanwaha confirmed and completed Babur's victory at Panipat.
--In 1528,he captured Chanderi from the Rajput chief Medini Rao,and a year later he defeated the Afghan chiefs under Mahmud Lodhi in the battle of Ghagra at Bihar.
--He became the "Master of Hindustan".
Remarkable Innovation
The most successful of Babur's innovations was the introduction of "Gunpowder",which had never been used before in the sub-continent.
The Reign of Babur, 1526-1530
ReplyDeleteTurks were patrons of the arts and education. They often were poets in Persian or Chaghatai Turkish; amateur painters or calligraphers; and singers or instrumentalists. The Turks were fine warriors, capable of handling a sword as dexterously as a brush or a pen. They loved palaces, gilded tents, fine clothing and rich accouterments. The Turks were collectors of books and paintings who eagerly sought out every new luxury.Babur had attempted to capture Delhi more than once but had lacked the resources to mount a sufficiently large expedition. However, the steady decline in popularity of Delhi's Sultan Ibrahim was a factor working strongly in Babur's favor. Babur seized the opportunity by uniting his followers in an adventure which, if successful, would offer them boundless wealth.
At the Panipat battle, Babur's guns and fine skills as a commander brought him a well deserved victory which changed the course of Indian history. Hambly writes that Humayun, the eldest son of Babur, was dispatched to seize Sultan Ibrahim's household and treasure at Agra while Babur, himself, advanced on Delhi.
According to Hambly, Babur was unhappy to find no gardens in India like the ones he had known in Kabul. As soon as Babur arrived in Agra, he selected a site across the river, had a well dug and constructed a bath-house. This was followed by a tank and a pavilion. And soon a Persian garden was laid out that reminded Babur of his northern home.
Babur was well organized with a keen eye for natural beauty of every kind. He was a brave man, humble and good-humored. His attractive personality combined a fine sense of taste and style with boyish gaiety and the obvious virtues of soldier and ruler. Although Babur's life was occupied with warfare and physical exertion, he enjoyed the company of artists and writers. Babur, himself, has serious literary contributions to his credit. He left to his successors a legacy of artistic sensitivity; a passion for beautiful, artistic objects; an articulate patronage of Persian as well as indigeThe Mughals were led into India by Babur who had been born in Central Asia in 1483. Babur's victory at Panipat in 1526 established the Mughal Empire and ended the reign of the Delhi Sultanate.
Babur, the new conqueror of Delhi, had been ruler of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, for 20 years. Racially, Babur was a Turk with a thin stream of Mongol blood in his veins; therefore, notes Hambly (1968), the term 'Mughal' by which he and his descendants were known in India was really a misnomer. In Persian, the word Mughal, always highly pejorative among the civilized inhabitants of Iran or Mawarannahr, simply means a Mongol. It is clear, however, from Babur's writing that he considered himself a Turk. Although Babur was descended on his mother's side from Chingiz Khan's second son, Chaghatai, it is clear that this Mongol lineage meant less to him than his paternal ancestry which linked him with the great Turkish conqueror, Timur.
Turks boasted high-sounding genealogies from other conquering tribes and clans of Inner Asia, yet they were steeped in Persian traditions of culture and refinements. They delighted in war and the chase; in their skills with bow and scimitar and polo-stick; and in the possession of fine weapons, horses and hunting-falcons.
Ranjit
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