Babur was only a soldier and was unable to claim any land for his own.
Babur ( [ بابر , lit = Tiger , translit = Bābur ] 14 February 148326 December 1530 ) , born Ẓahīr-ud-Dīn Muḥammad ( [ ظهیرالدین محمد , translit = Ẓahīr ad-Dīn Muḥammad ] ) , was a conqueror from Central Asia who , following a series of setbacks , finally succeeded in laying the basis for the Mughal dynasty in the Indian subcontinent and became the first Mughal emperor . Babur formed a partnership with Safavid ruler Ismail I and reconquered parts of central Asia , including Samarkand , only to again lose it and the other newly conquered lands to the Uzbeks .