The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c12.s1.9

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In 1494 Ahmad, the son of Yūnus Khān, died, and was succeeded by his brother Mahmūd, who died in the following year, when his territories were divided between his two sons, Baisunqur and Mas‘ūd. ‘Umar Shaikh also died in 1494, and his kingdom of Farghāna was inherited by his son Bābur, then only eleven years of age. From the very outset of his career the young prince found himself the object of external foes and of internal intrigues; for he had inherited his father’s quarrels as well as his insecure throne. The first years of Bābur’s reign were mainly occupied in fighting against his cousin Baisunqur, from whom he captured Samarqand in 1497, after a siege of seven months.