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INDIA

The Timurid Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1530-1539 and 1555-1556 H.M. Al-Sultan al-'Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Jam-i-Sultanat-i-haqiqi wa Majazi, Sayyid al-Salatin, Abu'l Muzaffar Nasir ud-din Muhammad Humayun II Padshah Ghazi, Zillu'llah [Jannat-Ashyani], Emperor of India. b. at the Arg, Kabul, 7^th March 1508 o.s., eldest son of Al-Sultan al-'Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram Zahir ud-din Muhammad Jalal ud-din Babur Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India, by his wife, Maham Begum, granddaughter of Shaikh Ahmad Zindafil, of Jam, educ. privately. Appointed as Heir Apparent and granted the title of Shah-i-Firuz Qadr Bahadur by his father. Governor of Badakshan 1520-1529. Proclaimed on the death of his father, 26^th December 1530. Installed on the musnaid at Agra, 30^th December 1530 o.s. Defeated at Chausa 26^th June 1539, and again at Kanauj 17^th May 1540, by Sher Shah Suri and driven from his realm. He took Kabul and the Punjab and then defeated Sikandar Shah, 22^rd June 1555. He re-entered the City of Delhi at an auspicious moment on 23^rd July 1555. m. (first) ca. 1527, his cousin, Bega Begum Sahiba [Haji Begum] (d. January 1582), daughter of Yadgar Mirza Taghai. m. (second) before 1539, Gul Barg Begum Sahiba (d. after 1543; bur. Delhi), former wife of Mir Shah Husain Arghun, and daughter Khwaja Nizam ud-din ‘Ali Barlas Khalifa, sometime Vizier to Emperor Babur. m. (third) Banu Begum Sahiba (possibly a daughter of his paternal first cousin, Yadigar-i-Muhammad Nasir Mirza, sometime Governor of Patan, Bahruch and Kandahar?). m. (fourth) at Patt, Sind, 29^th August 1541 o.s., Nawab Hamida Banu Begum Sahiba [Nawab Haji Begum] [Mariam Maqani] (b. before 24^th August 1530 o.s.; d. at Agra, 29^th August 1604 o.s., bur. Mausoleum of Emperor Humayun, Nizampur, Delhi), daughter of Shaikh ‘Ali Akbar [Mir Baba Dost], from Turbat-i-Shaikh Jam, Khorasan, by his wife, Mah Afraz Begum. m. (fifth) 1546, Mah-i-Kuchuk Begum Sahiba (k. at the Bala-i-Hisar, Kabul, by her son-in-law, Mir Abu’l-M‘aali Shah, before 29^th March 1564 o.s., bur. there), an ambitious lady who threw out the Naib Subadar and ruled Kabul on her own, once leading her army in person and defeating Munim Khan at Jalalabad, sister of Bairam Oghlan of Arghun. m. (sixth) m. before 8^th January 1552 (nikah) (div.), Shahzada Khanum, daughter of Sulaiman Shah Mirza, sometime Governor of Badakshan, by his wife, Khurrum Begum [Wali Nimat], daughter of Sultan ‘Uwais Qibchaq, of Kulab, sometime Governor of Badakshan. m. (seventh) before February 1556, the eldest daughter of Jamal Khan, of Mewat. m. (a) at Agra, before 19^th December 1531, Meywar Jan, daughter of Khazang, a Chamberlain. m. (b) Agha Jan. m. (c) Chand Bibi (lost during the battle of Chausa, 27^th June 1539, when seven months pregnant). m. (d) Shad Bibi (lost during the battle of Chausa, 27^th June 1539). m. (e) ca. 1539, Bibi Gunwar. m. (f) Bibi Safia. m. (g) Bibi Sarwishahi. m. (h) Shaham Agha (d. after 1^st April 1576 o.s.). m. (i) Khanish Agha, daughter of Jujuq Mirza, of Khwarizm. m. (j) before September 1542, Bhawal Anaga, who served as wet-nurse to Akbar. He d. at the Sher Mandal, Purana Qila, Delhi, 27^th January 1556 o.s. after tumbling down from the second floor steps of his library, three days earlier (bur. Mausoleum of Emperor Humayun, Nizampur, Delhi), having had issue:

1) Shahzada ‘Alaman Mirza. b. at Agra, November 1528 (s/o Bega Begum). He d. young.
2) Malik ul-Mulk, Sultan Salim Mirza, who succeeded as H.M. Al-Sultan al-’Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Imam-i-‘Adil, Sultan ul-Islam Kaffatt ul-Anam, Amir ul-Mu’minin, Khalifat ul-Muta’ali Abu’l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar I Sahib-i-Zaman, Padshah Ghazi Zillu’llah, Emperor of India (s/o Hamida Banu Begum).
3) Shahzada Muhammad Farrukh-Fa‘l Mirza. b. at the Bala-i-Hisar, Kabul, 1547 (s/o Mah-i-Kuchuk Begum). He d. 19^th April 1553.
4) Shahzada Muhammad Hakim Mirza. b. at the Bala-i-Hisar, Kabul, 29^th April 1553 o.s. (on the same day as his half-brother Ibrahim) (s/o Mah-i-Kuchuk Begum). Subadar of Kabul 1554 (confirmed 1556). Rebelled against his brother Akbar in February 1581 and marched on Lahore, but was checked by Man Singh of Jaipur and fled into the hills. Removed from the Kabul governorship but later ruled there under the auspices of his sister, Bakht un-nisa. m. at Kabul, 1564, a daughter of Sulaiman Shah Mirza Ilkhshi, sometime Governor of Badakshan, by his wife, Khurram Begum [Wali Nimat], daughter of Sultan ‘Uwais Qibchaq, of Kulab, sometime Governor of Badakshan. He d. at the Bala-i-Hisar, Kabul, 10^th October 1585 (bur. there at the Bagh-i-Babur), having had issue:
- a) Shahzada Afrasiyab Mirza. b. at the Bala-i-Hisar, Kabul, 1571. He d. 1597, having had issue, two sons (or possibly the sons of his brother Qaiqubad Mirza):
  - i) Hormuz Mirza.
  - ii) Hushang Mirza. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- b) Shahzada Qaiqubad Mirza. b. at the Bala-i-Hisar, Kabul, 1574. He d. 1591.
- a) Shahzadi Kabuli Begum Sahiba. m. (first) Amir Shahrukh Mirza (d. at Ujjain, 1607), sometime Subadar of Badakshan and Malwa, son of Ibrahim Mirza, by his second wife, Muhtarima Khanum, widow of Shahzada Kamran Mirza, and daughter of Shah Muhammad Sultan Jagatai, Sultan of Kashghar. m. (second), at Isfahan, 1613, Shahzada Sultan ‘Ali Mirza (b. at Qazvin, 1563; d. at Isfahan, 31^st January 1642, tenth son of H.M. Abu’l Muzaffar Tahmasp Shah I, Shahanshah of Persia, by his fourth wife, Zohra Baji, daughter of Prince Otar Shalikashvili. She d. after 1613, having had issue, one son by her second husband – see Persia (Safawi).
4) Shahzada Ibrahim Sultan Mirza. b. at the Bala-i-Hisar, Kabul, 29^th April 1553 o.s. (on the same day as his half-brother Hakim) (s/o Khanish Agha). He d. young.
1) Shahzadi ‘Aqiqa Sultan Begum. b. at Agra, before 19^th December 1531 (d/o Bega Begum). She was lost at the battle of Chausa, 27^th June 1539.
2) Shahzadi Bakhshi Banu Begum. b. at the Bagh-i-Khwaja Dost Munshi, Lahore, before 12^th October 1540 o.s. (d/o Bibi Gunwar). m. (first) before 17^th January 1551 o.s. (nikah), Abu’l Qasim Ibrahim Mirza (b. 1534; k. September 1560), eldest son of Sulaiman Shah Mirza, Governor of Badakshan, by his wife, Khurrum Begum [Wali Nimat], daughter of Sultan ‘Uwais Qibchaq, of Kulab. m. (second) 1560, Mirza Sharaf ud-din Husain Ahrari (k. on the orders of Masum Khan, before 16^th February 1581), an Imperial mansabdar of 5,000 and Subadar of Ajmer and Nagaur 1560-1562, son of Khwaja Mu‘in Ahrari, of Rudkhana-i-Nashib, by his wife, Kuchak Begum, younger daughter of Mir ‘Ala ul-Mulk, Amir of Termiz.
3) Shahzadi … Begum. b. at the Imperial camp, Sabzawar, 1544 (d/o Haji Begum).
4) Shahzadi Jahan Sultan Begum. b. before 14^th March 1546 o.s. . She d. at the Bala-i-Hisar, Kabul, before 27^th April 1547 o.s.
5) Shahzadi Mehr un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Fakhr un-nisa Begum] (d/o Mah-i-Kuchuk Begum). m. (first) at Kabul, before 4^th June 1562, Farzand Mir Shah Abu’l-M‘aali (k. on the orders of the Mirza Sulaiman of Badakhshan, at Kabul, 12^th May 1564 o.s. (bur. there at the Bagh-i-Babur), Subadar of Lahore July-November 1555, Naib Subadar of Kabul 1562-1564, a poet under the nom-de-plume of ‘Shahbadi’, a relative of Mir Muhammad Mahdi Khwaja, sometime Diwan-Begi to Emperor Babur and a descendant of the sayyids of Termiz. m. (second) at Kabul, before 16^th November 1566, Khwaja Hasan Naqshabandi (k. in Badakshan, before October 1585), sometime Wakil to Prince Muhammad Hakim, a descendant of Khwaja ‘Ubaidu’llah Nasir ud-din Ahrar of the Naqshabandi order. She was probably the daughter who d. 1581 (bur. at the Mausoleum of Emperor Humayun, Nizampur, Delhi). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
6) Shahzadi Bakht un-nisa Begum. b. at Kabul, before 8^th January 1551 o.s. (d/o Mah-i-Kuchuk Begum). Granted Kabul as her jagir in 1582, but left her brother Hakim in actual charge. m. before 6^th February 1581, Khwaja Hasan Naqshabandi (k. in Badakshan, before October 1585), sometime Wakil to Prince Muhammad Hakim, a descendant of Khwaja ‘Ubaidu’llah Nasir ud-din Ahrar of the Naqshabandi order. She d. from consumption, 21^st May 1608 o.s., having had issue, two sons:
a) Mirza Wali [Diwali]. Entered the Mughal service and appointed to an Imperial mansab of 1,000 zat and 600 sowar 1608.
7) Shahzadi Sakina Banu Begum (d/o Mah-i-Kuchuk Begum). m. Shah Ghazi Khan, nephew of Naqib Khan [Mir Ghias ud-din ‘Ali al-Husaini al-Qazvini]. She was probably the daughter who d. 1593 (bur. at the Mausoleum of Emperor Humayun, Nizampur, Delhi).
8) Shahzadi Amina Banu Begum (d/o Mah-i-Kuchuk Begum). Copyright© Christopher Buyers

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