EDIT: I don't know from where the confusion seems to be arising, but people seem to be mistaking that I am saying Mughals are linked to Mongols from Timur. Rohit Patnaik makes the same mistake. I am not saying the Mughals are descendants of the Mongols through Timur. read more
Babur was related to Genghis Khan through his mother, Qutlugh Khanum, who was born into the Chagatai lineage of Mongol Khans (the descendants of Chagatai Khan, who was the second son of Genghis Khan), and was a descendant of Timur from his father, Umar Sheikh, who was the Timurid Emir of Ferghana, modern day Uzbekistan. read more
Baburnama was translated into Persian during the rule of Babur's grandson Akbar. Babur was born on 14 February 1483 in the city of Andijan, Andijan Province, Fergana Valley, contemporary Uzbekistan. read more
As descendants of Timur, they are also members of the Timurid Dynasty, and therefore were connected to other royal families in the Mediterranean, Middle East, and Far East. Timur was directly descended from Genghis Khan through his son Chagatai Khan. read more