In ad 1488, Aisha Sult̤ān Begum1 was engaged to Babur in Samarkand. Babur was just six years old then. She was the daughter of his paternal uncle Sult̤ān Ahmad Mīrzā and his mother’s ...

In the early 16th century, a warrior prince named Babur marched east from central Asia, conquering huge areas of land. Babur was descended from the Mongols who governed much of central Asia ...