Save Gender Masculine Usage Turkish Pronounced Pron. /baː.byr.ʃɑh/ [key·simplify] Other Forms FormsBabür Meaning & History Babür, combined with a Perso-Turkic royal title, şah meaning "shah". As a whole, it means "shah as strong as a tiger". This was the nickname of Zahir ud-Din Muhammad, the 16th-century founder of the Mughal Empire in India.