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INDIA

The Timurid Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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1605 - 1627 H.M. Al-Sultan al-‘Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Khushru-i-Giti Panah, Abu’l-Fath Nur ud-din Muhammad Jahangir Padshah [Jannat-Maksani], Emperor of India. b. in the hut of Shaikh Salim at Fathabad (Fatehpur Sikri), Akbarabad (Agra), 10^th September 1569 o.s., as Shahzada Sultan Salim Shah Bahadur, educ. privately. Appointed to an Imperial mansab of 10,000 sowar 17^th March 1594.Succeeded on the death of his father, 15^th October 1605. Installed on the musnaid at Agra, 24^th October 1605. Received Sir Thomas Roe, Ambassador from King James I and V and permitted the EIC to establish their first factories at Surat, Ahmadabad and Cambay in 1612. m. (first) at Fathabad (Fatehpur Sikri), Akbarabad (Agra), 23^rd February 1585 n.s. (conducted in both Hindu and Muslim rites), Shah Begum Sahiba (d. by suicide, swallowing opium, at Allahabad, 15^th May 1605, bur. there, Mausoleum of Shah Begum, Khusrau Bagh), raised to the title of Shah Begum Sahiba August 1587, née Rajkumari Shri Manbhavati Baiji Kunwari Sahiba [Man Bai], daughter of Amir ul-Umara, Raja Bhagwan Das, Raja of Amber. m. (second) 1584, Phul Begum Sahiba née Rajkumari Rattan Bai Sahiba, daughter of Raja Basu, Raja of Nurpur, in Kangra. m. (third) at Mota Raja’s Palace, Fatehpur Sikri, 21^st January 1586 n.s. (conducted in both Hindu and Muslim rites), Jagat Gosain Taj Bibi Sahiba [Jodh Bai] [Bilqis Makani] (b. 13^th May 1573; d. at at Akbarabad (Agra), 18^th April 1619, bur. Sohagpura), née Rajkumari Shri [Balmati] Manavati Baiji Lall Sahiba, who received the prothumous title of Bilqis Makani, daughter of Raja Shri Udai Singhji Sahib Bahadur, Raja of Jodhpur, by his tenth wife, Shri Rajavat Kachavahi Rani Manrang Deviji Sahiba, daughter of Raja Askaram Bhimvrajot, Raja of Gwalior. m. (fourth) at Lahore, 7^th July 1586 n.s., a daughter of Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Sri Rai Singhji, Maharaja of Bikaner. m. (fifth) at Lahore, July 1586, Malika-i-Shikar Begum Sahiba (d. 1592), daughter of Sultan ‘Abu Said Khan Jagatai, Sultan of Kashghar. m. (sixth) 1586, Sahib-i-Jamal Begum Sahiba (d. at Lahore, June 1599, bur. there), daughter of Khwaja Hassan, of Herat, a cousin of Zain Khan Koka. m. (seventh) 1587, Malika-i-Jahan Begum Sahiba (d.s.p.), daughter of Rukn ud-Daula, Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Parama Bhattarak Shri Maharawal Ji Bairi Bhim Singh Dev Bahadur, Yadukul Chandrawhal, Muzaffar Jang, Bijaimand, Maharaja of Jaisalmer. m. (eighth) a daughter of Raja Darya Malbhas. m. (ninth) at Lahore, October 1590, Zohra Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mirza Sanjar Hazara, by his wife, a daughter of Amir ul-Umara, Khizhr Khwaja Khan Jagatai. m. (tenth) 1591, Rajkumari Shri Karamsi Baiji Lall Sahiba [Karamnasi], daughter of Raja Shri Kesho Das Rathore, of Mertia. m. (eleventh) 1591, a daughter (d.s.p. 1640) of Dost Muhammad Khwaja Jahan-i-Kabuli. m. (twelfth) a sister of Abiya Kashmiri. m. (thirteenth) at Lahore, 11^th January 1592, Kanwal Rani (b. at Ladakh), youngest daughter of ‘Ali Sher Khan [‘Ali Rai], 15^th Maqpon of Skardu and 1^st Anchan Maqpon of Baltistan, by his wife, Gul Khatun, Mindoq ri-Gyelmo, a Mughal lady from Kashmir. m. (fourteenth) at Srinagar, October 1592, a daughter of Sayyid Mubaraq Khan Baihaqi [Momara Khana], of Kashmir. m. (fifteenth) at Srinagar, October 1592, a daughter of Husain Chak, of Kashmir. m. (sixteenth) at Lahore, January/March 1593, Nur un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d. 1641), daughter of Ibrahim Husain Mirza, by his wife, Shahzadi Gul Rukh Begum Sahiba, daughter of Shahzada Kamran Mirza. m. (seventeenth) at Lahore, September 1593, a daughter (d. at Lahore, 13^th September 1596) of Raja ‘Ali Khan Faruqi, Raja of Khandesh. m. (eighteenth) a daughter of ‘Abdu’llah Khan Baluch. m. (nineteenth) at Lahore, 28^th June 1596, Khas Mahal Sahiba, daughter of Zain Khan Koka, sometime Subadar of Kabul and Lahore. m. (twentieth) at Delhi, before 1605, a daughter of Raja Moman Murad, a Muslim convert alias Thakur Man Chand, of Kotaha, in Sirmur. m. (twenty-first) 1608, Saliha Banu Padshah Begum Sahiba (d. at Srinagar, 1620), the principal wife, promoted to the rank and title of Padshah Mahal Sahiba and Padshah Banu Begum Sahiba 1610, daughter of Qasim Khan, a senior member of the Imperial Household. m. (twenty-second) at the Palace of Mariam uz-Zamani Begum, Agra, 17^th June 1608 n.s.), Koka Kumari Sahiba, eldest daughter of Yuvraj Shri Jagat Singhji Bahadur, Yuvraj of Amber, by his wife, a daughter of Maharao Raja Shri Bhoj Sahib Bahadur, Maharao Raja of Haravati. m. (twenty-third) at Agra, 21^st January 1610 n.s., a daughter (d.s.p.) of Sawai Raja Shri Ram Chand Ju Deo Bahadur, Raja of Orchha and Chanderi. m. (twenty-fourth) 1610, a daughter of Sawai Raja Shri Madhukar Shah Ju Deo Bahadur, Raja of Orchha. m. (twenty-fifth) 16^th March 1611 n.s., Nawab Nur Jahan Padshah Begum Sahiba (b. at Kandahar, 1576; d. at Lahore, 18^th November 1645 n.s., bur. there at the Mausoleum of Emperor Jahangir, Shahdera Bagh), née Mehr un-nissa Khanum, raised to the titles of Nur Mahal Begum Sahiba 25^th May 1611, Ashraf un-nisa Nur Jahan Begum Sahiba 19^th March 1616 o.s., and Nawab Nur Jahan Padshah Begum Sahiba 1622, granted the pargana of Boda yielding Rs 200,000 p.a. 1617, widow of ‘Ali Quli Beg Istajlu Sher Afghan Khan, and daughter of ‘Itimad ud-Daula, Mirza Ghias ud-din Muhammad Khan, sometime Grand Vizier, by his wife, ‘Asmat Banu Begum Sahiba, sometime Qadbanu (Matron) of the Harem, daughter of ‘Ala ud-Daula, Mirza Aqa Mulla. m. (twenty-sixth) 1611, a daughter of Raja Purushottam Das, Raja of Jagannathpuri. m. (twenty-seventh) Laila Begum Sahiba. m. (twenty-eighth) Ulfat Begum Sahiba (d. at Lahore, 1659). m. (twenty-ninth) Rani Rup Manjari. m. (thirtieth) 1614, the youngest daughter of Maharajadhiraja Maharaja Sri Dalpat Singhji Bahadur, Raja of Bikaner. (Emperor Jahangir m. 17 Rajput princesses in total). He d. at Chingarhsiri, 8^th November 1627 n.s. (bur. Mausoleum of Emperor Jahangir, Shahdera Bagh, Lahore), having had issue, six sons and four daughters:

1) Sultan Khusrau Mirza. b. at Lahore, 16^th August 1587 (s/o Shah Begum). Rebelled in 1606. Blinded by his father and interred in Khushru Baghli, Allahabad. m. (first) a daughter of Khan-i-Azam, Mirza Aziz Koka, sometime Subadar of Gujarat, Bengal and Malwa. m. (second) Jodh Bai (bur. Sultan Khusrau Bagh, Allahabad), a Rajput princess from Jodhpur. m. (third) a daughter of Vizier Azim Khan. m. (fourth) a daughter of Muqim, and granddaughter of Mijtar Fazil Rikabdar. He d. in confinement, at Burhanpur, 26^th January 1622 (bur. Mausoleum of Sultan Khusrau Khusrau, Khusrau Bagh, Allahabad), having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
- a) Sultan Sultan Hasan Jahangir Akbar, Shah Dawar Bakhsh Bahadur [Mirza Bulaqi]. b. 1603 (s/o the ‘Aziz Koka’s daughter). Subadar of Gujarat 1623-1627. Joined his cousins, Shahzadas Taimurasp and Hushang, in opposing the Vizier ‘Asaf Khan, supporter of Shah Jahan. Contested the succession, on the death of his grandfather, and was supposedly proclaimed at Bhimbar, 12^th November 1627. Defeated and arrested. He was k. on the orders of Shah Jahan, 2^nd February 1628.
- b) Sultan Buland Akhtar. b. at Agra, 11^th March 1609 (s/o ‘Aziz Koka’s daughter). He d. young. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- c) Sultan Gurshasp Mirza. b. ca. 1612. He was k. on the orders of Shah Jahan, at Lahore, 2^nd February 1628.
- d) Sultan Rastekar (Rastiyar?). b. April 1616 (s/o Muqim’s daughter).
- a) Shahzadi Hoshmand Banu Begum Sahiba. b. ca. 1605. m. 1626, Hushang Mirza (b. 1604; k. in captivity, by order of Emperor Shah Jahan, 2^nd February 1628), fifth son of Shahzada Sultan Danial Mirza, sometime Subadar of the Deccan - see above.
2) Sultan Muhammad Parviz Mirza. b. at Kabul, 12^th October 1590 (s/o Sahib-i-Jamal), educ. privately. m. (first) at Agra, 29^th October 1610, Iffat Jahan Banu Begum Sahiba, elder daughter of Sultan Rustam Mirza Safawi, ‘Iffat Khan, sometime Subadar of Zamindawar, Garmsir, Patna, Sind, Allahabad, and of Bihar. m. (second) 1624, Raj Kumari Shri Manbhavathi Baiji Lall Sahiba (m. second, ca. 1626, her brother-in-law, H.M. Al-Sultan al-‘Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Abu’l-Muzaffar Shihab ud-din Muhammad, Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Sani, Shah Jahan I Padshah Ghazi Zillu’llah, Emperor of India - see below), younger daughter of Sawai Raja Sur Singhji [Suraj Mal], Raja of Jodhpur. m. (third) at the Palace of Mariam uz-Zamani Begum, at Delhi, 16xx, a daughter of Shahzada Sultan Murad Mirza. m. (fourth) Sultan Zamania Begum Sahiba, second daughter of H.H. Waqil-i-Mutlaq, Yamin ud-Daula, Nawab Abu’l-Hasan Asaf Khan Bahadur, Khan-i-Khanan, Chief Minister and C-in-C under Emperor Jahangir. He d. at Burhanpur, 28^th October 1626 (bur. Agra), having had issue, four sons and one daughter:
- a) Durandish Mirza. b. at Burhanpur, February 1615 (s/o Jahan Banu). He d. at Akbarabad (Agra), before 7^th December 1619.
- b) Azam Mirza. b. July 1618 (s/o Jahan Banu). He d. 1629.
- c) Keshwar Kosha Mirza. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
- d) Shahzada Sulaiman Shikoh.
- a) Shahzadi Karimat un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Nawab Nadira Banu Begum Sahiba] (d/o Iffat Jahan Banu). m. at Delhi, 11^th February 1633, Padshahzada-i-Buzurg Martaba, Jalal ul-Kadir, Sultan Muhammad Dara Shikoh, Shah-i-Buland Iqbal (b. near Ajmer, 30^th March 1615; k. on the orders of his brother Aurangzeb, at the Khawaspura Mansion, Khizirabad, Old Delhi, 2^nd September 1659), eldest son of H.M. Al-Sultan al-‘Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, ‘Abdu’l-Muzaffar Shihab ud-din Muhammad Sahib-i-Qiran-us-Sani Shah Jahan I Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India, by his wife, H.M. Malika-i-Jahan, Mumtaz Mahal, Arjumand Banu Qudsia Begum Sahiba, daughter of H.H. Waqil-i-Mutlaq, Yamin ud-Daula, Nawab Abu’l-Hasan Asaf Khan Bahadur, Khan-i-Khanan, Chief Minister and C-in-C to the Emperor Jahangir. She d. from fatigue on the journey to Dadar, in Baluchistan, 16^th June 1659 (bur. Shrine of Mian Mir, Lahore), having had issue, four sons and two daughters - see below.
3) Shahzada Khurrum Bakht Bahadur Mirza, Shah Jahan Bahadur, who succeeded as H.M. Al-Sultan al-‘Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Abu’l-Muzaffar Shihab ud-din Muhammad Sahib-i-Qiran-us-Sani Shah Jahan I Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India (s/o Bilqis Makani Begum) - see below.
4) Shahzada Jahandar Mirza. b. 1596 (within a month of his half-brother Shahryar) (s/o the seventh wife). He d. before 22^nd September 1626 n.s.
5) Sultan Shahariyar Mirza. b. 1596 (within a month of his half-brother Jahandhar) (s/o the sixth wife). Attempted to seize the throne by taking control of the treasury and marching against the Wazir, October 1627. Defeated, blinded and imprisoned. m. at Agra, April 1621, Mihr un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Ladli Begum], daughter of Sher Afghan Khan [Astafillo ‘Ali Quli Beg], of Burdwan, by his wife, Mihr un-nisa Khanum (later Nur Jahan Begum, the celebrated wife of Emperor Jahangir), daughter of Vizier ul-Mulk, ‘Itimad ud-Daula, Mirza Ghias ud-din Muhammad Khan, sometime Grand Vizier. He was k. in captivity at Lahore, by order of his brother Shah Jahan, 2^nd February 1628, having had issue, a daughter:
- a) Shahzadi Arzani Begum Sahiba. b. at Ajmer, 13^th September 1623 (d/o Mihr un-nisa Begum). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
6) Shahzada Garshasp Mirza (s/o Saliha Banu Begum Sahiba).
7) Another s/o Saliha Banu Begum Sahiba.
1) 1) Shahzadi Sultan un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Sultan Nisar Begam – note not Nithar] [Sultan Khirad Begum]. b. at the Sultan Salim mansion, Khusrau Bagh, Allahabad, 6^th May 1586 n.s. (d/o Shah Begum). She constructed a grand tomb for herself in 1624, shortly after completing that of her own brother, but later requested that her burial be with her father instead. This magnificent archtectural gem at Khusrau Bagh in Allahabad, consequently remains empty to this day. She d. unm. at Akbarabad (Agra), 15^th September 1646 (bur. there, Mausoleum of Emperor Akbar, Sikandra).
2) Shahzadi Iffat Banu Begum Sahiba. b. at Lahore, 16^th April 1589 (d/o Malika-i-Shikar). She d. 1592, aged three years.
3) Shahzadi Daulat un-nisa Begum Sahiba. b. at Lahore, December 1589 (d/o Dariya Malbhas’s daughter). She d. 1590.
4) Shahzadi Bahar Banu Begum Sahiba. b. at Lahore, 14^th September 1590 n.s. (on the same day as her half-sister, Shahzadi) (d/o Karamsi Begum). m. 1625, Shahzada Taimurasp Mirza (k. in captivity, at Lahore, 2^nd February 1628), third son of her uncle, Shahzada Sultan Danial Mirza, sometime Subadar of the Deccan. She d. at Akbarabad (Agra), 8^th September 1653 (bur. Rauza Mariam, Sikandara) - see above.
5) Shahzadi Begum Sultan. b. at Lahore, 14^th September 1590 n.s. (on the same day as her half-sister, Bahar Banu) (d/o Bilqis Makani Begum Sahiba). She d. 1591. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
6) A d/o Sahib-i-Jamal Begum Sahiba. b. and d. 1591.
7) A d/o Zohra Begum Sahiba. b. after 1591. She d. young.
8) A d/o Abiya Kashmiri’s sister. b. 1592.
9) A d/o Zohra Begum Sahiba. b. after 1592. She d. young.
10) A d/o Zohra Begum Sahiba. b. after 1593. She d. young.
11) A d/o Sahib-i-Jamal Begum Sahiba. b. at Lahore, 1594.
12) A d/o ‘Abdu’llah Baluchi’s daughter. b. at Lahore, January 1595.
13) A d/o Nur un-nisa Begum Sahiba. b. August 1595. She d. 1596.
14) Shahzadi Izzat un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Luzzet un-nisa?]. b. September 1596 (d/o Bilqis Makani Begum Sahiba). She d. 1602.

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