When Princess Gulbadan was born her father(Babur) had been lord in Kabul for 19 years; he was master also in Kunduz and Badakhshan, had held Bajaur and Swat since 1519, and Kandahar for a year. During 10 of those 19 years he had been styled "padshah", in token of headship of the house of Timur and of his independent sovereignty. Two years later Babur set out on his last expedition across the Indus to conquer an empire in India. Gulbadan Begum was brought to India at the age of six, was married at 17, and had at least one son.[4] Gulbadan's siblings included her elder brother, Hindal Mirza, Kamran Mirza, and two elder sisters, the princesses: Gulrang Begum and Gulchehra Begum, while her younger brother Alwar Mirza, died in childhood. Among her siblings, Gulbadan was very close to her brother, Hindal Mirz