Siege of Kabul (1504)

In 1504 Babur besieged Kabul and took the city from the Arghuns under Mukim Beg Arghun to become the new king of Kabul and Ghazni regions. The territory gave him respite from his Uzbek troubles in Central Asia and allowed him to build his nascent kingdom into a strong and formidable power in later years, enough to be able to conquer northern India.
Background
When Abu Sa'id Mirza died, his much reduced Timurid Empire was divided among four of his sons;

Umar Shaikh Mirza II, King of Ferghana
Sultan Ahmed Mirza, King of Samarkand, Bukhara and Hissar
Sultan Mahmud Mirza, King of Balkh
Ulugh Beg Mirza II, King of Kabul and Ghazni

Mirza Ulugh Beg, Babur’s paternal uncle, the Timurid ruler of Kabul and Ghazni, had died in the year 1501 CE, leaving his son Abdal-Razak Mirza, who was still young, in charge of the country. But power was usurped by one of his ministers, Shirim Zikr. A conspiracy, headed by Muhammad Qasim Beg and...