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.

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(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) (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer ** Babar Ali (teacher), 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, Pakistani politician * Babar Naeem (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 (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer (Bowler)

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