Background
He was the son of Mirza Abul-Qasim Babur bin Baysonqor, who was a great-grandson of Timur.
He was the son of Mirza Abul-Qasim Babur bin Baysonqor, who was a great-grandson of Timur.
Shah Mahmud succeeded his father upon his death in 1457 at the age of eleven. Shah Mahmud failed to distinguish himself in the following years, and died sometime in the 1460s.