Emperor Shah Babur b. 1483 d. 1530 1st Mughal Emperor. The Mughal Dynasty is a line of Muslim emperors who reigned in India from 1526-1858 and became a repository for all the wealth and talent of the most extensive empire in the medieval world. Babur was a descendant of the Turkish conqueror Timur on his father's side and of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan on his mother's side. At seventeen, he was already the ruler of a small Kingdom which after being attacked was forced to flee to the southern mountains in Afghanistan...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield) Babur Gardens, Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan Plot: Hillside Terrace