The Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Ashgabat organized an online briefing at the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan dedicated to the 538th anniversary of the birth of the poet, philosopher and statesman Zahiriddin Muhammad Babur.
Diplomats, university professors and students of the two countries, as well as representatives of the media were invited to the meeting.
This was another important event dedicated to the joint study of the cultural and historical values of the two states.
The participants of the briefing emphasized in their speeches that many representatives of the peoples of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan had a great influence on the course of world history.
As the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to the Republic of Uzbekistan Yazguly Mammadov noted in his speech, one of those whose life and work is studied with great interest not only in Uzbekistan, but also in many other countries of the world, is Zahiddin Muhammad Babur.
Born in February 1483, the future founder of the Mughal Empire was a Timurid on his father’s side, and his mother was from the Genghisid clan.
After the death of the father of the emir of Fergana Umar-Sheikh-Mirza II in an accident, the 12-year-old boy became the ruler of the city.
The ambitious boy set out to recreate the former Timurid empire with its capital in Samarkand, where Baysunkar Mirza ruled, and after a seven-month siege took the city.
The further implementation of Babur’s plans was prevented by civil strife among the Timurids.
Therefore, Babur decided to create his new state on the territory of the northern part of India and in 1519 he began a military campaign.Having achieved success by 1528, he took the title of padishah and declared the city of Agra as his capital.
The ruler, who united the Indian lands, was also assisted by his friend, the Turkmen poet and statesman Bayram Khan, who did a lot for the development of the Mughal empire.
Jawaharlal Nehru, one of the most famous politicians of this country in the 20th century, also noted Babur’s contribution to improving the life and culture of India.
Babur remained in history not only as a politician, but also as a writer. One of the addressees of many of his letters was the famous poet and philosopher Alisher Navoi.
The main work of Babur is the autobiography “Babur-nameh”, the first example of this genre in historical literature, sets out the events from 1493 to 1508 and from 1519 to 1529, vividly recreates the details of the life of the nobility, manners and customs of the era.
The work was translated into Persian in the sixteenth century, and into English and French in the nineteenth century.
A part of Babur’s literary heritage has also survived, consisting of 119 gazelles, 200 rubyas, and his own development of the alphabet “Hatti Baburi” (“Babur’s Alphabet”).