Ufa Governorate
Babich was born on January 14, 1895, in the village of Asyanovo, in the Ufa Governorate (now Dyurtyulinsky District of Bashkortostan), in Russia. He is considered a classic author of Bashkir national literature. He was a member of the Bashkir national liberation movement, and a member of the Bashkir government (1917–1919).