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Nanak's Defiance of Tyranny - in his own words

Babar Bani  hymns were composed by  Guru Nanak  after witnessing the carnage of  Saidpur  at the hands of Moghul invader  Babur . For Guru Nanak, Babur was not  a Muslim invader bent upon destroying the Hindu culture and neither was an Islamic zealot who wanted to spread his religion over a the land. He was simply a power hungry king motivated by greed and glory, so much so that anyone, irrespective of religion, who came in his way, was destroyed. An artists impression of Guru Nanak Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad aka Babur (persian: tiger) had the perfect combinations of genetics to be a ferocious marauder, greedy plunderer, and ruthless ruler. Babur's father was  Omar Sheikh Mirza , king of  Ferghana , a region presently in  Uzbekistan . He was a direct paternal descendant of Tamerlane , the 15th century Turkish conqueror who plundered western and eastern Asia. Tamerlane was known as  the biggest killers the planet has ever known. ...