The circumstances leading to the death of Babur in December 1530, are curious. It is stated that his son, Humayun, fell sick and it was declared that there was no possibility of his survival. It was at this time that Babur is said to have walked three times round the bed of Humayun and prayed to God to transfer the illness of his son to him.
He uttered the following words: “I have borne it away! I have borne it away!” It is stated that from that time onward Humayun began to recover and the condition of Babur went from bad to worse and ultimately he breathed his last.’ Before dying he addressed the following words to Humayun: “I commit to God’s keeping you and your brothers and all my kinsfolk and your people and my people, and all of these I confide to you.”
At the time of his death, Babur was hardly 48 years of age. However, he was the “the King of thirty-six years, crowded with hardship, tumult and strenuous energy.” In accordance with his will, his dead body was taken to Kabul and “there lies at peace in his grave in the garden on the hill, surrounded by those he loved, by the sweet-smelling.flowers of his choice and the cool running stream; and the people still flock to the tomb and offer prayers at the simple mosque which an august descendant built in memory of the founder of the Indian Empire.”