Zahir-ud-din-Mohammed Babur

Zahir-ud-din-Mohammed Babur (1483 – 1530)

First ruler of the Mughal Empire in India. He marched on to Delhi via Sirhind & defeated Ibrahim Lodi in the battle of Panipat in 1526 thus ending the Lodi dynasty. Seated himself on the throne of Lodi and laid the foundation of the Mughal rule in India.

Copper Mezzotint engraving by Pierce Tempert (1650 – 1717), was published in Mezzotintoes Vol III by John Smith (1652 – 1743)

Size: 11.25 x 8.75 in. (28.6 x 22.2 cms.)
Date of printing – circa 1680