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He is revered as father of Babur (1483-1530), founder of the Indian Moghul empire. The Arabic captions translates as: "The blessed portrait of Sultan Umar Sheikh Mirza". - Very clean. A comparable portrait is in the Brooklyn Museum (accession no. 59.205.9). - Portrait of Sultan Umar Sheikh Mirza.
The Mughals are also referred to as Timurids because they are considered descendants of Timur. In c. 1494 CE, Babur, at the young age of 12, succeeded his father Umar Shaikh Mirza as the ruler of Farghana, a small principality in Transoxiana. Babur won the city of Samarqand twice but lost it in no time on both occasions.
In the 15th century, Umar Shaikh Mirza II, father of the future Mughal Emperor Babur, ruled the Fergana Valley and chose Akhsikath as his main residence. Babur was most likely born in nearby Andijan but his history is inextricably linked with that of the fortress as this is where Umar Shaikh fell accidentally to his death in 1494, bringing Babur to the throne. [7]
Rustam Mirza (1381 – 1424/25) was a Timurid prince and a grandson of the Central Asian conqueror Timur by his eldest son Umar Shaikh Mirza I. Never ruling as an independent monarch, Rustam Mirza is primarily associated with his governance over the city of Isfahan , which he gained and lost multiple times in the power struggles following Timur's death.
May 15, 2019 · His father Umar Sheikh Mirza was the Emir of Ferghana; his mother Qutlaq Nigar Khanum was the daughter of Moghuli King Yunus Khan. By the time of Babur's birth, the remaining Mongol descendants in western Central Asia had intermarried with Turkic and Persian peoples and assimilated into the local culture.
Pir Muhammad Mirza (c. 1376 – 22 February 1407) was a Timurid prince and briefly succeeded as King of Timurid Empire after the death of his grandfather Timur the Lame. He was the son of Jahangir Mirza who was the actual successor to the throne but had died before his father. Next in line was Umar Shaikh Mirza I but he too died.
Mu'iz-ud-din Umar Shaikh Mirza (1356 – Februari 1394) (Persia: عمر شیخ میرزا) adalah anggota dari Wangsa Timuriyah dan putra dari Timur Lenk. Umar Shaikh adalah tentara yang cakap dan salah satu komandan militer ayahnya sekaligus seorang gubernur. Dia meninggal tahun 1394, sebelas tahun lebih dahulu dari kematian ayahnya.
