BABUR
(Zahir ud-Din Muhammad)
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The Muslims had after the death of Muhammad conquered much of Asia including India. As many colonial conquerors they had little respect for the subjugated people and this quotation illustrates the point very well. However, compared to the Muslims, then perhaps the most advanced civilization in the world, Hindu culture was primitive by comparison.
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Babur (Persian: ; 14 February 1483 – 26 December 1530; born Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad) was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his father and mother respectively. He was also given the posthumous name of Firdaws Makani ('Dwelling in Paradise').