The Image Of Khwaja Ahrar Wali In Babur’s Creative And Historical Heritage

Abstract

This article examines the image of Khwaja Ahrar Wali in the creative and historical heritage of Zahiriddin Muhammad Babur. The study focuses on how Babur’s literary worldview, historical memory, and spiritual consciousness reflect the authority of Khwaja Ahrar, one of the most influential representatives of the Naqshbandi order in Central Asia. The article analyzes the symbolic, spiritual, moral, and socio-political meanings of Khwaja Ahrar’s image in relation to Babur’s worldview. Special attention is paid to the role of Sufi thought, Timurid cultural memory, moral leadership, and the concept of spiritual patronage in Babur’s intellectual environment. The methodological basis of the article includes historical-literary analysis, comparative interpretation, contextual analysis, and hermeneutic reading. The results show that Khwaja Ahrar appears not merely as a religious figure, but as a spiritual authority, moral guide, and symbolic representative of justice, social harmony, and divine support in Babur’s literary-historical consciousness