Which one of the following was the homeland of Babur ?

Farghana

Samarkand

Bukhara

Sogdiana

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Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire, was born in Andijan in the Fergana Valley (modern Uzbekistan), which was part of Transoxiana. Fergana was his ancestral homeland.

– Babur was a descendant of Timur on his father’s side and Genghis Khan on his mother’s side.
– He inherited the rule of Fergana at a young age and spent much of his early life trying to secure and expand his control in the region, including attempts to capture Samarkand.

Samarkand and Bukhara were important cities in Transoxiana, which Babur contested for control, but they were not his original homeland. Sogdiana was a larger historical region in Central Asia encompassing areas including Samarkand and Bukhara, but Fergana was the specific state where he was born and began his rule.

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