When his son was dying, this ruler offered his life instead, walking around his son's bed seven times in prayer.   
When his son was dying, this ruler offered his life instead, walking around his son's bed seven times in prayer.   Later that year, his son recovered, and he took ill, dying shortly thereafter.  Following his decisive defeat at Sar-e-Pol, he lost much of his territory and was forced to run from the forces of Muhammad Shaybani Khan, ruler of the Uzbeks beyond the Syr Darya.  He consolidated his forces for more than twenty years before raiding into the kingdom of Malwa and then capturing Gujarat and Udaipur in one swift stroke.  This ruler of Fergana and descendant of Tamerlane would finally come into his own when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi at Panipat in 1525.  FTP, name this Muslim ruler who founded the Mughal empire.
When his son was dying, this ruler offered his life instead, walking around his son's bed seven times in prayer.   
Babur or Zahir-ud-din Muhammad