HUMA 1845 Lecture Notes - Lecture 86: Babur, Naqshbandi, Diwali
6 Jan 2018
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The founder of this empire was babur (1483-1530), a turkic prince of. Central asia said to be descended from the conquerors tamerlane (timur) and genghis khan. Babur, as he is generally known from his personal name meaning leopard or tiger was a turco-mongol hanaf -sunni muslim, native of western central asia. Babur was also born into the naqshbandi su order, a doctrinally conservative but politically active devotional order long connected with. Babur was driven out of central asia and descended and conquered into northern india, where he established mughal rule. Compared to the ottomans and safavids, the mughal empire"s ultimate legacy was muted. Unlike those states, which ultimately gave way to ethnically recognisable successors with predominantly muslim populations, the. Mughals left behind a muslim minority within an overwhelmingly non- Muslim environment ruled by a european trading company. Akbar (1556-1605) and the making of the empire. Babur"s grandson, akbar (ruled 1556-1605) is considered the greatest of the mughals.
