Babar ( ur, ), also variously spelled as Baber, Babur, and Babor is a male given name of Pashto, and Persian origin, and a popular male given name in Pakistan. It is generally taken in reference to the Persian ''babr'' ( Persian: ببر), meaning "tiger". There is a similar name in

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to the Arabic male given form and generic name of the animal by the name " Nimr" ( Arabic: نَمِر ''namir'') which means "yellow-black stripped cat", i.e. "tiger". The word repeatedly appears in

Ferdowsi Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi ( fa, ; 940 – 1019/1025 CE), also Firdawsi or Ferdowsi (), was a Persians, Persian poet and the author of ''Shahnameh'' ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poetry, epic poems created by a sin ...

's '' Shahnameh'' and was borrowed into the Turkic languages of Central Asia.Thumb, Albert, ''Handbuch des Sanskrit, mit Texten und Glossar'', German original, ed. C. Winter, 1953
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", pointing to similarities between the pronunciation ''Bābor'' and the Russian ''bobr'' (, "beaver"). The most famous bearer of this name was Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur, known popularly as

Babur Babur ( fa, , lit= tiger, translit= Bābur; ; 14 February 148326 December 1530), born Mīrzā Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad, was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his ...

, a prince of the Timurid dynasty who founded the Mughal Empire, and the name is popular in Pakistan, Afghanistan, as well as Muslim communities in South and Central Asia.

People

(1483–1530), also spelled Baber or Babar, Turkic ruler of present-day India and founder of the Mughal Empire which encompassed territories outside of India. *

Babar Ahmed (director) Babar Ahmed is a Pakistani-American film director and writer based in America. Personal life Ahmed is a graduate of University of Cambridge and University College London, and has taken film courses at New York University and New York Film Academy ...

, Pakistani-born American film director * Babar Ali (disambiguation) ** Babar Ali (born 1975), Pakistani actor **

Babar Ali (cricketer) Babar Ali (born 8 November 1986) is a Pakistani first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' sch ...

(born 1986), Pakistani cricketer **

Babar Ali (teacher) Babar Ali (born 18 March 1993) is a teacher from Murshidabad in West Bengal. He was called the "youngest headmaster in the world" by BBC in October 2009, at the age of sixteen. He had begun teaching at nine years of age, mostly as a game, and th ...

, Indian educator ** Babar Ali Khan (fl. 1793–1810), Nawab of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa ** Babar Ali Khan Mohmand (born 1983), Pakistani politician * Babar Awan (born 1958), Pakistani writer and politician *

Babar Azam Mohammad Babar Azam (Urdu, pa, ; born 15 October 1994), is a Pakistani international cricketer and captain of the Pakistan national cricket team in all formats. Regarded as one of the finest batters in contemporary world cricket, he is the o ...

(born 1994), Pakistani cricketer * Babar Bhatti (born 1949), British actor * Babar Hayat (born 1992), Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer * Babar Khan, Pakistani actor and model * Babar Khan (cricketer) (born 1993), Pakistani cricketer * Babar Luck (born 1970), Pakistani-born British musician * Babar Khan Ghauri, Pakistani politician *

Babar Nawaz Khan Babar Nawaz Khan () born 24 August 1986) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from November 2015 to May 2018. Babar Nawaz Khan was born to a Hindko Speaking Utmanzai Pathan family of Hazara in Ha ...

, Pakistani politician *

Babar Naeem Babar Naeem (born 1 January 1983) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played first-class cricket for Rawalpindi from 1999–2000 to 2015–16. His highest score was 227, which he made in the second innings against Lahore Blues in 2001–02, afte ...

(born 1983), Pakistani cricketer *

Babar Rehman Babar Rehman (born 14 August 1984) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Karachi. References External links * 1984 births Living people Pakistani cricketers Karachi cricketers Cricketers from Karachi {{Pakistan-cri ...

(born 1984), Pakistani cricketer *

Diana Babar Diana Babar, CBE was a solicitor and Team Leader of the Litigation and Employment Group in the Treasury Solicitor's Department. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours The New Year Hono ...

, British solicitor * Fahad Babar (born 1992), Pakistani-born American cricketer * Farhatullah Babar, Pakistani politician *

Ilyas Babar Mohammed Ilyas Babar (1926 – 30 July 2002) was an Indian athletic coach. Babar was born in Gulbarga in Karnataka. He became an outstanding university athlete in Hyderabad and was the state champion in 110m hurdles between 1950 and 1957, an ...

(1926–2002), Indian athletic coach * Lutfozzaman Babar, Bangladeshi politician * Naseerullah Babar (1928–2011), Pakistani general and cabinet minister *

Wali Khan Babar Wali Khan Babar (Urdu, ps, ; 5 April 1982 – 13 January 2011) was a Pakistani journalist working for GEO News who was killed by gunmen in the Liaquatabad area of Karachi. His murderers Saulat Mirza and Faisal Mota (who are target killers of ...

(1982–2011), Pakistani journalist *

Zulfiqar Babar Zulfiqar Babar (born 10 December 1978) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played for the Pakistan national cricket team between 2013 and 2016. Domestic career The lack of top-class facilities, though, didn't diminish his hunger or ambition. ...

(born 1978), Pakistani cricketer (Bowler)

Fiction

* Babar the Elephant, fictional character from a French children's book series

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