ZEHIR-EDDIN MOHAMMED BABER
\zˈɛhi͡əɹˈɛdɪn mə͡ʊhˈamɪd bˈe͡ɪbə], \zˈɛhiəɹˈɛdɪn məʊhˈamɪd bˈeɪbə], \z_ˈɛ_h_iə_ɹ_ˈɛ_d_ɪ_n m_əʊ_h_ˈa_m_ɪ_d b_ˈeɪ_b_ə]\
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surnamed. Conqueror of India and founder of the Mogul dynasty; born 1483; died at Agra, Dec. 28, 1530. He was a lineal descendant of Jenghiz Khan and Timur, and at the age of 12 years succeeded his father as king of Ferghana, a district to the east of Samarcand. In 1521, gathering an army of 12,000 followers, he invaded India, then preparing to revolt against the intolerable exactions of Ibrahim, emperor at Delhi; and in six years made himself absolute master of the whole country. He wrote a volume of "Memoirs" which shows him to have been a man of wellcultivated intellect, a sagacious observer, and a wise statesman.
By Charles Dudley Warner
