Babar ( ur, ), also variously spelled as Baber, Babur, and Babor is a male given name of

Pashto Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official langua ...

, and

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

origin, and a popular male given name in

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

. It is generally taken in reference to the

''babr'' (

: ببر), meaning "tiger". There is a similar name in connotation to the Arabic male given form and generic name of the animal by the name " Nimr" (

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

: نَمِر ''namir'') which means "yellow-black stripped cat", i.e. "tiger". The word repeatedly appears in Ferdowsi's ''

Shahnameh The ''Shahnameh'' or ''Shahnama'' ( fa, شاهنامه, Šāhnāme, lit=The Book of Kings, ) is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 CE and is the national epic of Greater Iran. Consisting of some 50 ...

'' and was borrowed into the

Turkic languages The Turkic languages are a language family of over 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples of Eurasia from Eastern Europe and Southern Europe to Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia ( Siberia), and Western Asia. The Turkic l ...

of Central Asia.Thumb, Albert, ''Handbuch des Sanskrit, mit Texten und Glossar'', German original, ed. C. Winter, 1953
Snippet, p. 318
/ref> Thackston argues for an alternate derivation from the PIE word " beaver", 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, a prince of the

Timurid dynasty The Timurid dynasty ( chg, , fa, ), self-designated as Gurkani ( chg, , translit=Küregen, fa, , translit=Gūrkāniyān), was a Sunni Muslim dynasty or clan of Turco-Mongol originB.F. Manz, ''"Tīmūr Lang"'', in Encyclopaedia of Islam, Onl ...

who founded the

Mughal Empire The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries. Quote: "Although the first two Timurid emperors and many of their noblemen were recent migrants to the subcontinent, the d ...

, and the name is popular in

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

, as well as Muslim communities in South and Central Asia.

People

* Babur (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), Pakistani-born American film director *

Babar Ali (disambiguation) Babar Ali may refer to: People * Babar Ali, film and television actor * Babar Ali, cricketer from Pakistan * Babar Ali, teacher from India * Babar Ali Khan, Nawab of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa * Babar Ali Khan, boxer from Pakistan * Bab ...

Babar Ali Babar Ali ( ur, ; born 30 June 1972) is a Pakistani film and television actor. He started his career at age sixteen. Babar Ali is known for playing ‘Bali’ in the drama serial Landa Bazaar directed by Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar. Career Babar ...

(born 1975), Pakistani actor ** Babar Ali (cricketer) (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 Sayyid Babar Ali Khan Bahadur ( bn, বাবর আলী খান; died 28 April 1810) was the Nawab of Bengal and Bihar. He succeeded to the Nawab's ''Masnad'' (throne) after his father, Mubarak Ali Khan (Nawab of Bengal) died on 6 Septemb ...

(fl. 1793–1810), Nawab of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa **

Babar Ali Khan Mohmand Babar Ali Khan Mohmand is a Pakistani politician (born 1 January 1983). He was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, elected from Shabqadar. Babar Ali Khan Mohmand holds a master's degree from Queen Mary, University of Lond ...

(born 1983), Pakistani politician *

Babar Awan Zaheer-ud-din Babar Awan ( ur, ظہیر الدین بابر اعوان; born 27 January 1958; SI), is a Pakistani politician, senior lawyer, author, analyst, columnist, and leftist writer who served as Adviser to Prime Minister for Parliamen ...

(born 1958), Pakistani writer and politician * Babar Azam (born 1994), Pakistani cricketer *

Babar Bhatti Barbar Bhatti (born 14 February 1949), also spelled Babar Bhatti is a British actor of Pakistani origin. He is best known for the part of punkah wallah Rumzan in the BBC sitcom ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum ''It Ain't Half Hot, Mum'' is a BBC tele ...

(born 1949), British actor *

Babar Hayat Babar Hayat (born 5 January 1992) is a Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer, who plays for the Hong Kong cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and a former captain of the national team. International career Babar made his T20I cricket comple ...

(born 1992), Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer *

Babar Khan Babar Khan is a Pakistani TV actor and model. He is best known for his role in Hum TV serial ''Ek Tamanna Lahasil Si'' which earned him a nomination for best supporting actor at the 1st Hum awards. Khan attended Bahria College Bahria Colle ...

, Pakistani actor and model *

Babar Khan (cricketer) Babar Khan (born 18 September 1993) is a Pakistani first-class cricketer who plays for Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occup ...

(born 1993), Pakistani cricketer *

Babar Luck Babar Luck is a songwriter and musician based in the UK. Born in Pakistan in 1970 he moved to London at the age of eight years and was educated in East London Background Former bassist of the British skacore band King Prawn, Babar Luck has a ...

(born 1970), Pakistani-born British musician *

Babar Khan Ghauri Babar Khan Ghauri ( ur, بابر خان غوری ) (born September 16, 1961) is a Pakistani politician from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. He also served as Minister for Ports and Shipping Pakistan in former Prime Ministers of Pakistan Yousaf Raza G ...

, Pakistani politician * Babar Nawaz Khan, Pakistani politician * Babar Naeem (born 1983), Pakistani cricketer * Babar Rehman (born 1984), Pakistani cricketer * Diana Babar, British solicitor *

Fahad Babar Fahad Babar (born 19 February 1992 in Karachi, Pakistan) is an American cricketer. Babar has played two Twenty20s for the USA cricket team after qualifying to play for the United States because of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) seven- ...

(born 1992), Pakistani-born American cricketer *

Farhatullah Babar Farhatullah Babar (Urdu/Pashto: ) is a Pakistani leftist politician, engineer and former senator. He is a prominent member of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), having served as a spokesperson for the party. He is a supporter of the Pashtun Tahaf ...

, 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 Lutfozzaman Babar is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the Bangladeshi State Minister of Home Affairs in the Khaleda Zia Cabinet, as a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He is currently in prison for the death penalties in two ca ...

, Bangladeshi politician *

Naseerullah Babar Major-General Naseerullah Khan Babar (Urdu: نصیر اللہ خان بابر; born 1928 – 10 January 2011) was a Pakistani army officer, diplomat, and politician who served as the 28th Interior Minister of Pakistan from 1993 to 1996. A membe ...

(1928–2011), Pakistani general and cabinet minister * Wali Khan Babar (1982–2011), Pakistani journalist * Zulfiqar Babar (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer (Bowler)

Fiction

Babar the Elephant Babar the Elephant (, ; ) is an elephant character who first appeared in 1931 in the French children's book ''Histoire de Babar'' by Jean de Brunhoff. The book is based on a tale that Brunhoff's wife, Cécile, had invented for their children. ...

, fictional character from a French children's book series

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