Save Gender Masculine Usage Turkish Pronounced Pron. ba-buyr-shahh [key·IPA] 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.