Babur was from East-Central Asia.
Of Chagatai Turkic origin and born in Andijan in the Fergana Valley (in present-day Uzbekistan), Babur was the eldest son of Umar Sheikh Mirza (14561494, governor of Fergana from 1469 to 1494) and a great-great-great grandson of Timur (13361405)
After losing Samarkand for the third time, Babur turned his attention to India and employed aid from the neighbouring Safavid and Ottoman empires

