Babar (or Babur) (Urdu: بابر ‎), meaning "lion", may refer to:

People

The Babar Islands (Pulau-pulau Babar) are located in Maluku Province, Indonesia between latitudes 7 degrees 31 minutes South to 8 degrees 13 minutes South and from longitudes 129 degrees 30 minutes East to 130 degrees 05 minutes East. Tepa (population 2000 people) is the capital of the Babar Islands municipality ("Kecamatan Pulau-pulau Babar") actually now reduced in size to encompass only the western half of Babar Island, Wetang Island and Dai Island. The town of Letwurung on the east side of Babar island is the capital of the new municipality called "East Babar" ("Kecamatan Babar Timor") in the east half of the Babar Islands, consisting of the East half of Babar Island, Masela Island, Dawera Island and Dawelor Island.

Central island

The islands take their name from the large central island of Babar which is roughly 32 km (20 mi) across and a circumference of 97 km (60 mi). Babar Island has a maximum elevation of approximately 750 meters and is lightly covered with sub-tropical montane forest, although the 5 rivers and 2 large year-round springs afford tropical forest in their narrow ravine courses.

Babar is a Maratha clan, found largely in Maharashtra, India. They descended through the Nikumbha dynasty via the king Prabhakarvarma.

History

The Babars were successors of the Nikumbha dynasty and ruled the Khandesh from the eighth century until the advent of Faruqi rule. They served as Deshmukhs under the Bahmani Sultanates. The Babars were Sardars of Shivaji. They took part in the Maratha War of Independence (1682–1707) and served rulers such as Sambhaji, Rajaram and Tarabai.

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