Babur
Also known as: Babar
1483 – 1530
Mughal

The first Mughal (Muslim) emperor of North India. He is primarily associated with conquest, but to a lesser degree with patronage of the arts, and is perhaps best remembered for the religious toleration that he fostered.

Contemporaries
1519–1589Catherine de' Medici
1432–1519Leonardo da Vinci
1484–1531Huldrych Zwingli
1472–1529Wang Yangming
1420–1498Tomás de Torquemada
1525–1562Laelius Socinus
1452–1485Richard III
1527–1598Phillip II
1492–1549Margaret of Angouleme
1491–1556St. Ignatius of Loyola
1530–1584Ivan IV
1524–1583Thomas Erastus
1490–1546Sir Thomas Elyot
1486–1533Caitanya
1504–1575Heinrich Bullinger