THE CONTRIBUTION OF HISTORIAN GIYOSIDDIN KHONDAMIR TO BABUR STUDIES

Abstract

This article provides brief information about the great historian of the Timurid era Ghiyasiddin Khondamir (1476-1534) bin Khwaja Humamuddin bin Khwaja Jalaluddin Muhammad bin Khwaja Burhaniddin Muhammad Shirozi, as well as information about his works such as: "Maosir ul-muluk" ("Great deeds of the kings"), "Habib us-siyar fi akhbari afrod" ul-Bashar" ("Friend informing about the life of the inhabitants of Bashar"), "Dastur ul-Wuzaro" ("Guide of ministers"), "Khulosat ul-akhbar fi bayan al-ahwal al-akhyor" ("Brief information about the life of good people"), "Makorim ul-akhlaq" ("Noble characters"), "Kanuni Humayuny" ("Laws Humayun").

The life and work of Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur (1483-1530) ibn Umarsheikh Mirza ibn Sultan Abusaid Mirza took place in Fergana, Movarunnahr, Kabul and Northern India in the late 15th - early 16th centuries. On his father's side, he is a Temurid, ibn Umarsheikh Mirza, ibn Sultan Abusaid Mirza, ibn Mirza Sultan Muhammad ibn Mironshah Mirza, ibn Amir Temur. His mother, Kutlug Nigor Khanum, is the daughter of Yunus Khan from the Genghis Khan clan along the Chigatai line. The birth, life and work of Zahiriddin Muhammad Babur, his grandfather Sultan Abusaid Mirza, his children Sultan Ahmad Mirza, Sultan Mahmud Mirza, Umarsheikh Mirza, Mirza Ulugh Beg, Mirza Sultan are described in the greatest work of Giyasiddin Khondamir "Habib us-sayar fi akhbori afrod ul-bashar". There is valuable information about Muhammad, Mirza Shahrukh, Mirza Abu Bakr Mirza, Mirza Sultan Murad, Mirza Sultan Khalili, Mirza Sultan Vlad and Mirza Sultan Omar. This article attempts to determine the contribution of the historian to Babur studies based on a comparative study with the information in the Baburnome of Zakhiriddin Muhammad Babur and the History of the Rashidis by Mirza Muhammad Haidar (1499-1551).