โ | At that time, I was just a fourteen-year-old boy with nothing to my name, and my uncles, who had long desired the Ferghana Valley, thought that my inheritance was ripe for the taking... | โ |
—Intro of Pearl of the East |
Young Babur is a cavalry hero in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Dynasties of India. He has the appearance, speed and attack bonuses of a Heavy Camel Rider. Despite being a Heavy Camel Rider, he does not benefit from the Hindustani bonuses of 20% faster attack or +2 vs Standard Building. As a hero, he cannot be converted and can regenerate health.
Campaign appearances[]
Babur[]
- Pearl of the East: Young Babur is instructed by his mother, Qutlugh, in ruling and defending Ferghana Valley, and in conquering the Timurid city of Samarkhand. Later, he also defends it from the invading Uzbeks.
History[]
Born Zahฤซr ud-Dฤซn Muhammad, Babur is a Turco-Mongol conqueror and a descendant of Tamerlane, best known for establishing the Mughal Empire in 1526 as its first emperor, being the first state that encompasses and unifies the entire Indian subcontinent since the times of the Mauryan Empire. The Mughal Empire would last for the next three centuries, until it was dissolved in 1857 by the British after the Indian Mutiny (Act III: India in Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties).