Muhammad Khair ud-din Mirza, Khurshid Jah Bahadur

Summary

Mirza Muhammad Khair ud-din, Khurshid Jah Bahadur or, Mirza Khurshid Jah Bahadur (15 October 1914 – 3 August 1975) was born in Rang Mahal, Delhi the only son of Mirza Muhammad Fayazuddin Bahadur, by lineage he was the Great-Grandson of Shah Alam II, he was recognised as head of the Timurid dynasty, in 1931 by the Government of India, He emigrated to Lahore in Pakistan following the partition of India in 1947,

Mirza Khurshid Jah Bahadur
Mughal Prince
Chief Representative of the
Royal House of Delhi
Prince of Delhi Khurshid, seated right
Head of the Timurid Dynasty
Reign1931 – 3 August 1975
PredecessorMirza Salim
SuccessorMirza Ghulam Moinuddin Muhammad Javaid Jah Bahadur
Born15 October 1914
Delhi British Raj
Died3 August 1975
(aged 60)
Lahore Pakistan
IssueMirza Ghulam Muinuddin
Mirza Akbar
Sabahat Jahan Begum
Zakawat Jahan Begum
Fasahat Jahan Begum
Nabahat Jahan Begum
Names
Mirza Muhammad Khair ud-din, Khurshid Jah Bahadur ibn Mirza Muhammad Fayazuddin Bahadur ibn Mirza Kabiruddin Muhammad Bahadur ibn 'Abdu'llah Jalal ud-din Abu'l Muzaffar Ham ud-din Muhammad 'Mirza Ali Gauhar Shah-i-'Alam II
HouseMughal Dynasty
DynastyHouse of Timur
FatherMirza Fayazuddin
MotherDarakshanda uz-Zamani
ReligionSunni Islam (Hanafi)

He was married to Nawabzadi Arghwani Begum Sahiba (born 2 January 1920- died 28 Dec 2020) and they had two sons and four daughters.[1]

Family edit

Sons
  • Mirza Ghulam Moinuddin Muhammad Javaid Jah Bahadur married to Mrs. Malahat Javaid Jah
  • Mirza Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar (born 15 September) married to Lubna Akbar Sahiba (born 17 September)
Daughters
  • Sabahat Jah Begum Sahiba married to Kamran Muzaffar Zeejah
  • Zakawat Jah Begum Sahiba
  • Fasahat Jah Begum Sahiba (born 23 September) married to Sajid Arif Nomani
  • Nabahat Jah Begum Sahiba married to Husnain Lotia


Sources edit

  1. ^ "Biography of Muhammad Khair ud-din Mirza, Khurshid Jah Bahadur". www.biographies.net. Retrieved 7 October 2023.