BABUR Descendent of Timur (from his father side) and Genghis khan (from his mother side) It is said that he was invited in India by Daulat Khan Lodi and Alam kha lodi He laid the foundation of the Mughal empire by defeating Ibrahim Lodi in the first battle of Panipat on 21, April 1526. In 1527, he defeated Rana Sanga of Mewar at Khanwa. In 1528, he defeated Medini Rai of Chaneri at Chanderi. In 1529, he defeated Muhammad Lodhi (uncle of Ibrahim Lodhi) at Ghaghra. In 1530, he died at Agra. His tomb is at Lahore. The tomb of only two Mughal emperors are outside India i.e. Babur & Bahadur Shah Zafar He was the first to use gunpowder & artillery in India. Two gun masters Mustafa & Ustad Ali were in his army He wrote his autobiography Tuzuk-i-Baburi in Turki. Tuzuk-i-Baburi was translated in Persian (named Baburnama) by Abdur Rahim Khan-e-khana & in English by Madan Bebridge. He compiled two anthologies of poems, Diwan (in Tu
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