Its most famous son is Babur, heir to Timur and famous conqueror and founder of the Mughal Empire in India.

It is believed by most experts that Pakistan is developing a sea-based variant of the Hatf VII Babur, which is a nuclear-capable ground-launched cruise missile.

" He is editor of the most recent edition of the Babur Nama: Journal of Emperor Babur ( 2007 ).

His most famous songs are " Bahor ayyomi " (" Springtime ") ( lyrics taken from a Babur poem ), " Birinchi muhabbatim " (" My First Love ") ( lyrics taken from an eponymous Abdulla Oripov poem ), " Inson qasidasi " (" The Ode to Man ") ( lyrics taken from an Erkin Vohidov poem ), " Karvon " (" Karavan "), " Meni kutgil " (" Wait for Me ") ( lyrics taken from an Konstantin Simonov poem ), " Oshiqlar sardori " (" The Leader of Lovers ") ( lyrics taken from a Rasul Gamzatov poem ), " O ' zbegim " (" My Uzbek People ") ( lyrics taken from an Erkin Vohidov poem ), " O ' xshamas " (" Peerless ") ( lyrics taken from an Ali-Shir Nava ' i poem ), and many others.

In most references Babur, a Muslim warrior at the time had just invaded and devasted India and orderd a Mosque be built to glorify Islam, he had his warriors bring back precious stone from the Punjab, Sindh and surrounding areas and had Persian architects build a structure for his Kabul subjects.

Although many classic works of Persian literature continued to be illustrated, as well as Indian works, the taste of the Mughal emperors for writing memoirs or diaries, begun by Babur, provided some of the most lavishly decorated texts, such as the Padshahnama genre of official histories.

In the year 1526 as Babur and his Mughal forces advanced towards Panipat, he received an embassy of Rajputs representing Rana Sanga of Mewar the most powerful Hindu ruler in the region.

Realizing his vast numerical weakness Babur withdrew most of his forces from Agra, he ordered his son Humayun to withdraw from his expedition at Jaunpur and start gathering Mughal forces.

Babur had also divided the command of his cavalry among many of the finest, loyal and most experienced Mughal warriors.

In 1504, the city fell to Babur from the north and made into his headquarters, which became one of the principal cities of his later Mughal Empire.

In the 14th and 15th century, the Timurid dynasty were in control of the nearby cities and towns, until Babur captured Kabul in 1504.

In 1504, the city fell to Babur from the north and was made into his headquarters, which became one of the principal cities of his later Mughal Empire.

The book begins with the praise of Genghis Khan, Timur and particularly the first Mughal Emperor Babur and describes several important cities in India, and describes a series of military conflicts with local Indian principalities.

In 1526, Babur, a Timurid descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan from Fergana Valley ( modern day Uzbekistan ), swept across the Khyber Pass and established the Mughal Empire, covering modern day Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.

Cultural sites include: the National Museum of Afghanistan, notably displaying an impressive statue of Surya excavated at Khair Khana, the ruined Darul Aman Palace, the tomb of Mughal Emperor Babur at Bagh-e Babur, and Chehlstoon Park, the Minar-i-Istiqlal ( Column of Independence ) built in 1919 after the Third Afghan War, the mausoleum of Timur Shah Durrani, and the imposing Id Gah Mosque ( founded 1893 ).

Demography of Afghanistan | Afghan Muslims praying inside Bagh-e Babur | Gardens of Babur in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The name used for the region during the middle ages and up until the 20th century was Afghanistan, which has been mentioned by the 6th century Indian astronomer & mathematician Varahamihira, 7th century Chinese pilgrim Hiven Tsiang, 14th century Moroccan scholar Ibn Batutta, Mughal Emperor Babur, 16th century historian Firishta and many others.

While some scholars believe that the Hazara originally spoke a Mongolic language during the time of the Mongol king Babur, who came to Afghanistan in the 16th century, many well established scholars like Bacon and Schumann believe that the original language of Hazaras was Dari Persian from the beginning.

In 16th century, when Mongol king Babur came to Afghanistan, the Hazara spoke Mongolian language, writers like Bacon and Schumann believed the original language of Hazara people was Dari Persian since the beginning.

In the path of the Northern Silk Road, the area was converted by Muslim invaders from the west, and was home to Babur, famous conqueror and founder of the Mughal Empire in India, tying the region to modern Afghanistan and South Asia.

After the end of the Timurid Empire in 1506, the Mughal Empire was later established in Afghanistan and India by Babur in 1526, who was a descendant of Timur through his father and possibly a descendant of Genghis Khan through his mother.

The burial places of the Emperors illustrate their expanding empire, as the first Emperor Babur, born in Uzbekistan is buried in Afghanistan, his sons and grandsons, namely Akbar the Great and Jahangir in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh respectively and later descendants, Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb in Hindustan.

Vol. 9: In the Footsteps of Babur: Musical Encounters from the Lands of the Mughals explores the common ground of musical styles, sensibilities, and instruments from Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Northern India.

It is seen as a clear departure from the fairly modest mausoleum of his father, the first Mughal Emperor, Babur, called Bagh-e Babur ( Gardens of Babur ) in Kabul ( Afghanistan ).

The 2011 Afghan Youth Voices Festival at the Bagh-e Babur | Gardens of Babur in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Persian speaking Jews closely related to Baghdadi Jews from Afghanistan and Iran came with the Ghaznavad, Ghori and Mughal invasions of Mahmud ( 11th century ), Muhammad ( 12th century ) and Babur ( 16th century ).

It has been speculated that Babur is based on the BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile, after six Tomahawks crash-landed on Pakistani territory in 1998 during US airstrikes on targets in Afghanistan, and its design seems to show this influence.

Lapis lazuli for the tombstone, the same as used for Mughal Emperor Babur ’ s tomb, was received from the people of Afghanistan as a gift.

A year before his death Babur was reworking parts of his memoirs in 1528 – 29.

It revived briefly under the Lodis before it was conquered by the Mughal emperor Babur in 1526.

Malik Ahmad spent a couple of days in Kabul appraising the situation and familiarizing himself with the working of Babur ’ s court, before alerting them to his arrival.

He first served as a private before rising to become a commander in the Mughal army under Babur and then as the governor of Bihar.

The city later come under the rule of Sayyid dynasty and Lodi dynasty before Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodi in the first battle of Panipat.

Emperor Babur took the imperial title of Padishah on 6 March 1508, before which he used the title Mirza.

Babur allowed the Janjua to continue their rule in their respective kingdoms as before.

In the early 16th century, Ubaydullah Khan, the successor to Muhammad Shaybani Kahn of the neighboring Uzbek Khanate, stopped at the mausoleum before his battle against Babur, who would later become the founder of the Mughal Empire.

Id Gah Mosque was commissioned by Babur the ruler of the Mughal empire before being renovated on a large scale by King Abdur Rahman Khan in 1893 or before.

Babur employed them as Generals in his campaign for Delhi, the conquest of Rana Sanga and the conquest of India.

The two brothers united the forces and launched a campaign against the Uzbeks, but Muhammad Shaybani proved victorious in battle and took them both prisoner ( Babur also was among his uncles ' army and participated in this battle in Ferghana Valley, that had turned into disaster, but managed to flee south and hide in mountains with his mother, Kutluk Nigar Khanim, daughter of Yunus Khan, and few followers ).

After defeating Ibrahim Lodi and his army, Babur turned Delhi into the capital of his newly established Mughal Empire.

It was then owned by the Tughlaq dynasty, Lodi dynasty, and until finally coming into the possession of Babur himself in 1526.

* Babur ( 1922 ) The Baburnama ; translated into English by Annette Beveridge

Malik Ahmad proceeded to unbutton his outer garment, an intrigued Babur inquired into the reason.

In the 16th century, the Jadoons joined the Yusufzai, who had been expelled from Kabul by Mirza Ulugh Beg, a paternal uncle of the Mughal Emperor Babur, and they migrated eastwards into the Peshawar region and settled in areas inhabited by the Dilazak tribe of the Afghans.

Somewhere during these years Babur introduced matchlocks into his army, and allowed an Ottoman, Ustad Ali, to train his troops, who were then known as Matchlockmen, in their use.