Summary
Mirza Khujista Akhtar Jahan Shah[3] (Persian: میرزا خجسته اختر جهان شاه) (4 October 1673 – 30 March 1712/30) was the fourth son of Emperor Bahadur Shah I. The birthdate of Mirza Khujista Akhtar Jahan Shah is debated, according to his found memoir his death date is now set on 1730. Both dates are correct otherwise then.[4]
| Jahan Shah جهان شاه | |||||
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Shahzada of the Mughal Empire Mirza[1] | |||||
 Prince Jahan Shah, c. 1704 | |||||
| Subahdar of Malwa | |||||
| Reign | 1707 - 1712 | ||||
| Badshah | Bahadur Shah I | ||||
| Born | 4 October 1673 Kabul, Kabul Subah, Mughal Empire (modern-day Afghanistan) | ||||
| Died | 30 March 1712 (aged 38) Lahore, Lahore Subah, Mughal Empire (modern-day Punjab, Pakistan) | ||||
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Shad begum Pharuk begum | ||||
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| House | House of Babur | ||||
| Dynasty |  Timurid dynasty | ||||
| Father | Bahadur Shah I [2] | ||||
| Mother | Dilruba | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Life edit
He was made Subahdar of Malwa (1707–1712) and raised to an Imperial Mansab of 30,000 Zat and 20,000 Sawar. After his father's death, he sided with his brother Mu'izz-ud-Din and defeated his other brother, Azim-ush-Shan in 1712. But Mu'izz-ud-Din disagreed with him over the distribution of the Imperial treasury and fought a battle against him in which he was supposed to be killed along with his eldest son Farkhunda Akhtar. His youngest son Muhammad Shah later ruled as emperor for 28 years.[5]
Family edit
One of his wives was Zakiyat-un-nissa Begum, the daughter of Prince Muhammad Akbar. He had married her at Agra in 1695, at the same time his brother Rafi-ul-qadr married her sister Raziyat-un-nissa Begum. Another was Fakhr-un-nissa Begum, the descendant of Sarih Qazi, and the mother of Emperor Muhammad Shah. She died on 16 May 1733, aged about sixty years. Another of his wives was Nek Munzir Begum, who died at Delhi, on 27 April 1744.Another one of his sons were Muhammad Shah & Shahzada Farkhunda Akhtar[6]
References edit
- The Mughal Empire by John F. Richards
Notes edit
- ^ Mughal title Mirza, the title of Mirza and not Khan or Padshah, which were the titles of the Mongol rulers.
- ^ Muni Lal, Mini Mughals (1989), p. 29
- ^ Faruqui, Munis D. (2012). The Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504–1719. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-02217-1.
- ^ "Biography of Jahan Shah I". www.biographies.net. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
- ^ Maliknama; Legacy Of the Maliks by Muhammad Mustafa Malik | Open Library Note: It is an historical source of document compiled by some members of Jahan Shah's House. It is a complete and most accurate history retold by Jahan Shah's descendants in order to preserve remaining information about him and his lineage.
- ^ Irvine, William, The Later Mughals, Low Price Publications, p. 146, ISBN 81-7536-406-8