Babur (1483-1530), the ruler responsible for the start of the [G 15 / Mogul] Empire, was also the great, great grandfather of Shah Jahan, the leader who commissioned the Taj Mahal. Babur moved from Central Asia to India, and in 1526, won a major victory west of Delhi. When he died four years later, the lands he conquered were far larger than his territory in Central Asia ever was. Babur, renowned for his balance between word and action, descended from Tamerlane, or Tamburlaine as some call him, on his father's side and the Mongol emperor, Genghis Khan, on his mother's.
