BABER, ZEHIR-ED-DIN MOHAMMED, the founder of the Indian Mogul or Tatar empire, was the fifth in descent from Timur. After two unsuccessful attempts, he succeeded in 1519 in subjugating Hindustan; and extended his conquests from the Indus to the Ganges, subduing Afghanistan, the Punjab, and Delhi. See HINDUSTAN. (Memoirs of the Emperor Baber, translated by Leyden and Erskine, 1826.)