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1658 - 1707 H.M. Al-Sultan al-'Azam wal Khaqan al-Mukarram, Abu'l-Muzaffar Muhi ud-din Muhammad Aurangzeb Bahadur 'Alamgir Padshah Ghazi [Khuld Makan], Emperor of India. b. at Dohad, Panch Mahal, Gujarat, 4^th November 1618 n.s., third son of 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, 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, educ. privately. Appointed to a mensab of 10,000 zat and 4,000 sowar 21^st December 1634, prom. to 5,000 sowar 28^th September 1635, prom. to 6,000 sowar 20^th March 1636, prom. to 15,000 zat and 7,000 sowar 24^th August 1637, prom. to 8,000 sowar 19^th March 1638, prom. to 9,000 sowar 22^nd August 1638, prom. to 15,000 zat and 9,000 sowar 5^th March 1639, prom. to 10,000 sowar 21^st January 1642, and 12,000 sowar 29^th January 1649, prom. to 20,000 zat and 15,000 sowar 13^th April 1652, prom. to 20,000 sowar 7^th June 1656.Subadar of the Deccan 24^th July 1636 to 7^th June 1644 and 17^th July 1652 to 20^th June 1658, of Gujarat 26^th February 1645 to 20^th January 1647, of Balkh and Badakhshan 19^th February-13^th October 1647, of Multan 25^th March 1648 to 24^th July 1652 and Sind 6^th December 1649 to 24^th July 1652. Removed his father from power 20^th June and placed him in confinement 22^nd June 1658. Proclaimed as Emperor and ascended the musnaid at the A'izzabad Gardens, outside Delhi, 31^st July 1658. Enthroned at the Diwan-i-Am within the Red Fort, Shahjahanabad, Delhi, 15^th June 1659. Enthroned for a third time, following the death of his father, at Agra, March 1666. m. (first) at Agra, 19^th May 1637 n.s., Nawab Dilrus Banu Rabia-i-Durani Begum Sahiba (d. at the Alamgiri Mahal, Aurangabad, 18^th October 1657 n.s., bur. there), elder daughter of Shahzada Badi uz-Zaman Mirza, Shah Nawaz Khan, of the Safawi dynasty of Persia. m. (second) 26^th December 1638, Nawab Bai Begum Sahiba (cre. 30^th December 1639) alias Rahmat un-nisa Raj Mahal Sahiba (cre. 26^th December 1638) (b. at Rajauri, Kashmir, 1620; d. at Delhi, October/November 1691), née Rajkumari Anuradha Bai Sahiba [Kalimat un-nisa Khanum], given a false sayyidi pedigree to flatter her son, daughter of the Raja Chatar Shena [Taj ud-din Khan], Raja of Rajauri, in Kashmir. m. (third) ca. 1681, Nawab Sadr un-nisa Begum Sahiba, previously Fatima Begum, widow of Nawab Fakhir Khan Bahadur Najm-i-Sani, sometime Mir Tuzuk (Master of Ceremonies), and daughter of Mirza Bahman Yar I‘tiqad Khan, sometime Mir Bakhshi and cdr. of 5,000 zat and 1,000 sowar. m. (a) Dilaram (d. at Delhi, before 1702, bur. there), a former slave girl. m. (b) ca. 1667, Udaipuri Mahal Sahiba (d. at Gwalior, shortly after 8^th June 1707, bur. Shrine of Qutb al-Aqtab, Delhi), née Udaipuri Bai, probably the daughter of a Sisodia thakur from Jodhpur, or a Kashmiri girl originally from the harem of Prince Dara Shikoh. m. (c) Aurangabadi Mahal Sahiba (d. from plague, at Bijapur, November 1688, bur. there). m. (d) Chhatter Bai, a former slave girl, given to Mir Khalil, in exchange for Zainabadi Mahal. m. (e) at Burhanpur, February 1653, Zainabadi Mahal Sahiba (d. young, at Aurangabad, ca. 1654), née Hira Bai, a former slave girl in the household of Mir Khalil, husband of Aurangzeb’s maternal aunt. m. (f) Daulatabadi Mahal Sahiba. He may have also m. (?) 1692, a daughter of Sultan ‘Abu Hasan Qutb Shahi, Sultan of Golconda. He d. from a severe fever, near Ahmadnagar, 3^rd March 1707 n.s. (bur. in the courtyard of the Shaikh Zain ul-Haq Muqbara, Khuldabad, near Daulatabad), having had issue, six sons and several daughters, including:

• 1) Shahzada Mahmud Mirza. He d.v.p. 1665.
• 2) Shahzada Muhammad Sultan Mirza. b. near Mathura, 29^th December 1639 n.s. (s/o Nawab Bai). Appointed as Heir Apparent by his father-in-law Sultan 'Abdu'llah Qutb Shah, King of Golconda-Hyderabad, April 1656. Appointed as C-in-C and Principal Counsellor to his father-in-law, Shah Shuja, 1659. Rejoined his father 20^th February 1660, and imprisoned at Salimgarh 8^th May 1660. Imprisoned at the Fort of Gwalior on the orders of his father, 14^th January 1661 to December 1672. m. (first) at Golconda, 15^th April (nikah) and 22^nd April 1656 (zifaf), Padshah Bibi Sahiba, second daughter of H.M. Qutb ul-Mulk, Sultan 'Abdu'llah Qutb Shah, Sultan of Golconda. m. (second) at Dogachi, Bengal, after 18^th June 1659, Nawab Gul Rukh Banu Begum Sahiba (k. with his father in Arakan, ca. 7^th February 1661), second daughter of his uncle, Sultan Muhammad Shah Shuja' Bahadur, sometime Subadar of Bengal, Bihar, and of Orissa. m. (third) at Delhi, 26^th December 1672, Nawab Dostdar Banu Begum Sahiba (d. at Lahore, 2^nd March 1676?), daughter of her uncle, Sultan Muhammad Murad Bakhsh Bahadur. m. (fourth) at Hasan Abdal, 14^th January 1676, Bai Bhut Devi [Phupdevi], daughter of the Raja of Kishtawar, in the Kashmir hills. m. (fifth) at Delhi, 9^th September 1676, a niece of his stepmother Daulatabadi Mahal. m. (sixth) 1676, Munawar Khanum, daughter of Ahmad Raza Khan. He d. in confinement, at Salimgarh Prison, Delhi, 14^th December 1676 n.s. (bur. Qutb Shah, Delhi), having had issue, one son:
  • a) Shahzada Masud Bakhsh Bahadur. b. at Delhi, 15^th August 1676. He d. there, 19^th June 1677.
• 3) Sultan Muhammad Mu'azzam Mirza, Shah-i-'Alam, who succeeded as H.M. Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Mu'azzam Shah 'Alamgir Sani Abu'n Nasir Sayyid Qutb ud-din 'Abdu'l-Muzaffar Muhammad Mu'azzam Shah 'Alam Bahadur Shah I Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India (s/o Nawab Bai) - see below.
• 4) Sultan Muhammad 'Azam Tara Mirza, Shah-i-'Ali Jah, who succeeded as H.M. Padshah-i-Mamalik Abu'l Faiz Qutb ud-din Muhammad 'Azam Shah-i-'Ali Jah Ghazi, Emperor of India (s/o Dilrus Banu Begum) - see below. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• 5) Sultan Muhammad Akbar Mirza. b. at the Alamgiri Mahal, Aurangabad, 21^st September 1657 n.s. (s/o Dilrus Banu Begum). Subadar of Multan 1676-1679, Cdr. of the advance division in the Rajput War 1679, Cdr. of an Army corps 1680-1681. Rebelled against his father and crowned himself Emperor, 12^th January 1681. Defeated and fled, first to the Maratha country and then into exile in Persia. m. (first) 28^th June 1672, Nawab Salima Banu Begum Sahiba (d. after August 1719), daughter of Shahzada Sultan Sulaiman Shikoh, sometime Naib Subadar of Kabul. m. (second) at Delhi, 11^th September 1676, a daughter of 'Allah Quli Khan Gakkhar. He d. at Farah/Garmsir, Persia, 22^nd March 1706 n.s. (bur. Mashhad), having had issue, five (or seven) sons and six daughters:
  • a) Shahzada 'Abdu'l-Wahab Bahadur. b. at Delhi, 30^th August 1673. He d. young, before 1681.
  • b) Sultan Muhammad Neku-siyar, who succeeded as H.M. Muhammad Shah Neku-siyar Taimur II Sahib-i-Qiran Padshah-i-Zaman, Emperor of India (s/o Salima Banu) - see below.
  • c) Shahzada Muhammad Asghar Bahadur. b. 1679/1681. Imprisoned with his brother and sisters at Agra Fort January 1681.
  • d) Shahzada Buland Akhtar Bahadur. b. before 1681. Left in the care of the Rathors of Marwar after her father's flight in 1681, and returned to his grandfather in 1698. He d. June 1706.
  • e) Shahzada Buland Bakht Bahadur. b. after 1^st January 1681. He d. at Ahmadnagar, 10^th August 1706 n.s. (bur. Bihisht Bagh), having had issue, three sons and one daughter:
    • i) Mirza Muhammad Fatiha Kariba. He d. after 1754, having had issue, one daughter:
      • (1) H.H. Nawab Gauhar Afruz Banu Begum Sahiba. m. H.M. 'Abu'n-Nasir Mujahid ud-din Muhammad Ahmad Shah I Bahadur Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India (b. at the Red Fort, Delhi, 23^rd December 1725; d. a prisoner, 1^st January 1775), second son of H.M. Abu'l-Muzaffar Nasir ud-din Muhammad Shah Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Sani Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India, by his wife, Baijiu Sahiba Nawab Qudsia Begum Sahiba Zamaniya, Qibla-i-Alam alias Udham Bai, niece of Mu'taqid ud-Daula, Nawab Aman Khan Bahadur - see below.
    • ii) Mirza 'Ali Askari [Mirza Asghari]. Imprisoned at Salimgarh, August 1719.
    • iii) Mirza Fath ul-Mubin [Baba Mughal]. Imprisoned at Salimgarh, August 1719.
    • i) Chammi Begum. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • f) ?Shahzada Muin ud-din Husain, Jawan Bakht Bahadur (a supposed pretender, perhaps the son of a Qazi?). Arrived in the Carnatic from Persia, after the death of Prince Akbar. Captured by Shah Chhatrapati Maharaj, December 1718. Sent as a prisoner to Delhi February  1719.
  • g) ?Shahzada Farkhunda Akhtar (another pretender?).
  • a) Shahzadi Khudasta Begum Sahiba. m. at Bijapur, April/May 1695, a son of H.M. Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Mu'azzam Shah 'Alamgir Sani Abu'n Nasir Sayyid Qutb ud-din 'Abdu'l-Muzaffar Muhammad Mu'azzam Shah 'Alam Bahadur Shah I Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India.
  • b) Shahzadi Saif un-nisa Begum Sahiba. m. at Bijapur, April/May 1695, a son of H.M. Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Mu'azzam Shah 'Alamgir Sani Abu'n Nasir Sayyid Qutb ud-din 'Abdu'l-Muzaffar Muhammad Mu'azzam Shah 'Alam Bahadur Shah I Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India.
  • c) Shahzadi Raziat un-nisa Begum Sahiba. m. at Agra Fort, Sultan Muhammad Rafi' ul-Kadir Mirza, Rafi' us-Shan Bahadur (b. November 1670; k. in battle, at Lahore, 30^th March 1712, bur. Mausoleum of Humayun, Delhi), fifth son of H.M. Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Mu'azzam Shah 'Alamgir Sani Abu'n Nasir Sayyid Qutb ud-din 'Abdu'l-Muzaffar Muhammad Mu'azzam Shah 'Alam Bahadur Shah I Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India, by his fifth wife, Nur un-nisa Begum Sahiba, daughter of Nawab Shuja'at Khan [Mirza Sanjar Najim-i-Sani]. She d. after 1706 - see below.
  • d) Shahzadi Zakiat un-nisa Begum Sahiba. m. at Agra Fort, at the same time as her sister Raziat, Shahzada Khujaista Akhtar Mirza, Jahan Shah Bahadur (b. 31^st July1679; k. in battle, at Lahore, 30^th March 1712, bur. Mausoleum of Humayun, Delhi), sometime Subadar of Malwa, son of H.M. Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Mu'azzam Shah 'Alamgir Sani Abu'n Nasir Sayyid Qutb ud-din 'Abdu'l-Muzaffar Muhammad Mu'azzam Shah 'Alam Bahadur Shah I Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India. She d. after 1706 - see below. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • e) Shahzadi Najibat un-nisa Begum Sahiba. She d. after 1706.  Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • f) Shahzadi Safiat un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Nawab Khujaista Banu Begum Sahiba]. b. after 1^st January 1681. Left in the care of the Rathors of Marwar after her father's flight in 1681, and returned to her grandfather in 1696. m. after 23^rd June 1696, Shahzada Khujaista Akhtar Mirza, Jahan Shah Bahadur (b. 31^st July1679; k. in battle, at Lahore, 30^th March 1712, bur. Mausoleum of Humayun, Delhi), sometime Subadar of Malwa, son of H.M. Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Mu'azzam Shah 'Alamgir Sani Abu'n Nasir Sayyid Qutb ud-din 'Abdu'l-Muzaffar Muhammad Mu'azzam Shah 'Alam Bahadur Shah I Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India. She d. from fever, 12^th July 1699 (bur. Mangalvire, near Bijapur) - see below.
• 5) Sultan Muhammad Kam Bakhsh Bahadur. b. at Delhi, 6^th March 1667 n.s. (s/o Udaipuri Mahal). Confined by his father for misconduct, December 1698 to June 1699. Subadar of Bijapur at Hyderabad 16^th February 1707-1709. Rebelled against his brother and assumed the style of Padshah Muhammad Kam Bakhsh-i-Dinpanah, April/May 1707 Defeated near Hyderabad, 13^th January 1709. m. (first) at Ajmer, 9^th August 1681 n.s., Nawab Jamilat un-nisa Begum Sahiba, previously Maoharpuri Mahal Sahiba, née Kalyan Kumari, daughter of Kunwar Shri Amar Chand, and sister of Rao Shri Jagat Singh, Thakur of Manoharpur, in Jaipur. m. (second) at Aurangabad, 14^th March 1683 n.s., Nawab Azam Banu Begum Sahiba (d. at Delhi, 13^rd February 1745), elder daughter of Mirza Mu'azzam Khan [Mirza Muhammad Mu'azzam Safawi], sometime Lord High Falconer. m. (i) at Ajmer, 2^nd February 1681 n.s., Fakhr-i-Jahan Khanum, daughter of Barkhunda Beg. He d. of wounds at the battle Hyderabad, 14^th January 1709 n.s. (bur. Mausoleum of Emperor Humayun, Nizampur, Delhi), having had issue:
  • a) A son b. to Manoharpuri Mahal, 29^th May 1684.
  • b) Shahzada Umaid Bakhsh Bahadur. b. at Ahmadnagar, 21^st August and d. 12^th November 1684 n.s. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • c) Shahzada Muhammad Muhi us-Sunnat Mirza. b.. He d. in prison, at Delhi, 29^th January 1747 n.s., having had issue, one son and one daughter:
    • i) H.M. Muhammad Muhi ul-Millat Shah Jahan III Padshah Ghazi, Emperor of India - see below.
    • i) Shahzadi Muhimilla Begum Sahiba.
  • c) Shahzada Muhammad Firuzmand Mirza.
  • d) Shahzada Bariqu'llah Mirza. He d. a minor, from an arrow wound in the temple, received at the battle Hyderabad, 14^th January 1709 n.s. (bur. Mausoleum of Emperor Humayun, Nizampur, Delhi).
  • e) ? Shahzada Muhammad Muhi ul-Millat Mirza. b. before 2^nd September 1693 n.s. He d. at Puna, before 17^th May 1703 n.s.
  • f) ? Shahzada Rahman Bakhsh Bahadur. He had issue:
    • i) Shahzadi … Begum Sahiba. m. H.R.H. Shahzada Murtaza Quli Nasru'llah Mirza (b. at Abivard, 1724; k. on the orders of 'Adil Shah at Mashhad, July 1747), sometime Subadar of Persia, second son of H.M. Hast Sultan bar Salatin-i-Jahan Shah-i-Shahhan Nadir Sahib-i-Qiran, Shahanshah of Persia, by his wife, Gauhar Shad Begum, daughter of Baba 'Ali Beg-e Kusa Ahmadlu, sometime Governor of Abivard - see Persia (Afshar).
  • Sultan Muhammad Kam Bakhsh Bahadur, had a grandson:
    • i) Mirza Muhammad Deen Parwar. He had issue, two sons:
      • (1) Mirza Farkhunda Iqbal. m. Murad un-nisa Begum Sahiba. He d. before 1836, having had issue, one son and a daughter:
        • (a) Mirza Karim ud-din Bahadur. b. ca. 1791. An Urdu poet under the nom de plume of Rasa. m. (first) Afif un-nisa Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mirza Muhammad Karimat Afza Bahadur. m. (second) Wazir un-nisa (b. ca. 1811; d. after 1862). m. (third) 'Ulfat un-nisa (b. ca. 1811; d. after 1862). He d. after 1862, having had issue, two sons:
          • (i) Mirza Muhammad Bakhsh. He d. before 1864.
          • (ii) Mirza Rahim ud-din. b. ca. 1815 (s/o Afif un-nisa Begum). An Urdu poet under the nom de plume of Haya. m. (first) Afzal un-nisa Begum Sahiba (b. ca. 1822; d. after 1862). m. (second) Chuti Khanum (b. ca. 1832; d. after 1866). He d. after 1866.  Copyright© Christopher Buyers
          • (iii) Mirza Nur ud-din. b. ca. 1816 (s/o Afif un-nisa Begum). m. Amir un-nisa Begum Sahiba (b. ca. 1821; d. after 1866). He d. after 1866.
          • (iv) Mirza Said ud-din [Nunneh Sahib] (s/o Afif un-nisa Begum). An Urdu poet under the nom de plume of Safa. He (was k. for his part in the Indian Mutiny, at Delhi, 1857/1858, having) had issue:
            • 1. Shaukat uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba. (She possibly m. her cousin Muhammad Sulaiman Shah).
          • (i) Latif un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Bari Begum] (d/o Afif un-nisa Begum). She d. after 1866.
          • (ii) Bakhtawar un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Munjli Begum] (d/o Afif un-nisa Begum). She d. at Delhi, 1898. (She possibly m. her cousin Buland Bakht Bahadur, elder son of Mukarram Bakht Bahadur).
          • (iii) Wajida Sultan Begum Sahiba [Nunni Jan] (d/o Afif un-nisa Begum). m. Mirza Roshan ud-din (b. after 1813; d. after 1854), third son of Mirza Aga Jan, Khushru Shikoh Bahadur, by his first wife, Nawab Umdat us-Zamani Begum Sahiba [Moti Begum], daughter of H.M. 'Abu Nasir Mu'in ud-din Muhammad Akbar Shah II Sahib-i-Qiran-i-Sani Padshah Ghazi, King of Delhi. She d. after 1886 - see below.
          • (iv) Ashraf un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Moti Jan Begum]. b. ca. 1822 (d/o Afif un-nisa Begum). She d. after 1886.
        • (a) Rashid un-nisa Begum Sahiba.
        • (b) Nur un-nisa Begum Sahiba. She d. after 1848.
        • (c) Afzal un-nisa Begum Sahiba? She d. after 1848.
      • (2) Bulaqi Mirza. He had issue, a son:
        • (a) Mirza Muhammad Fazil ud-din [Muhammad Bakhsh?]. m. Wazir un-nisa Khanum (b. ca. 1811; d. after 1862). He d. after 1862.
    • Sultan Muhammad Kam Bakhsh Bahadur, had a great grandson:
      • (1) Mirza Muhammad Fath Bakhsh Bahadur. m. Munawar un-nisa (d. after 1836). He d. after 1814, having had issue, four sons:
        • (a) Mirza Muhammad Umar Bakht Bahadur. m. Amir un-nisa Khanum (b. ca. 1812; d. after 1862). He had issue, a son:
          • (i) Mirza Muhammad Muiz ud-din Bahadur. He d. after 1846.
        • (b) Mirza Muhammad Nur Bakhsh Bahadur.  Copyright© Christopher Buyers
        • (c) Mirza Muhammad Munawar Bakht Bahadur. He d. after 1857, having had issue, three sons and three daughters:
          • (i) Mirza Muhammad Dilawar Bakht. b. 1819. He d. after 1862, having had issue, one son:
            • 1. Mirza Muhammad Wilayat Shah. b. 1835. m. Azim un-nisa [Mughlani Begum], daughter of Bahadur Shah. He had issue, two sons and two daughters:
              • a. Mirza Muhammad Firuz Shah. b. 1889. m. Musharraf Begum, daughter of Mirza Azim Bakhsh. He d. 1955, having had issue, two sons and one daughter:
                • i. Mirza Muhammad Iqbal Shah. b. at Delhi, 11^th February 1909. m. (first) Amat ul-Hasin Begum, daughter of Shah Abdu'l Aziz. m. (second) Kishwar Jahan Begum, daughter of Faiz Ahmad. He had issue, one son and one daughter by his first wife, and one son and three daughters by his second wife:
                  • 1a. Mirza Ahmad Shah. b. 1931 (s/o Amat ul-Hasin Begum). m. Ta'alat Begum Sahiba, daughter of his paternal uncle, Mahmud Shah. He had issue, two daughters:
                    • 1b. Misbah Begum.
                    • 2b. Huma Begum.
                  • 2a. Mirza Muhammad Shah. b. 1941 (s/o Kishwar Jahan Begum). m. Gulrukh Rahman. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
                    • 1b. Mirza Akbar Shah. b. 1983.
                    • 1b. Alvira Sultana Begum. b. 1980.
                  • 1a. Shaukat Sultana Begum. b. 1933 (d/o Amat ul-Hasin Begum). m. Ahmad Yahya. She had issue, two daughters.
                  • 2a. Najma Sultana Begum. b. 1939 (d/o Kishwar Jahan Begum). m. Ahmad Yahya. She has adopted children.
                  • 3a. Nusrat Sultana Begum. b. 1944 (d/o Kishwar Jahan Begum). m. Mirza Mukhtaram Bakht 'Ali Jah (b. 1939). She had issue.
                  • 4a. Ishrat Sultana Begum. b. 1947 (d/o Kishwar Jahan Begum). m. Tajm ul-Haq. She had issue.
                • ii. Mirza Mahmud Shah. b. at Delhi, 1914. m. ca. 1934, Dr Saulat Jahan Begum Sahiba (b. 1918; d. 2001), second daughter of Mirza Muhammad Fayyaz ud-din Bahadur, by his second wife, Nawab Darakshanda uz-Zamani Begum Sahiba, younger daughter of Shahzada Muhammad Kaiwan Shah Gorkwani, Suraya Jah Bahadur [Haji Hafiz Mirza]. He d. 1935, having had issue, one daughter:
                  • 1a. Ta'alat Begum Sahiba. m. Mirza Ahmad Shah (b. 1931), son of her paternal uncle, Mirza Muhammad Iqbal Shah, by his first wife, Amat ul-Hasin Begum, daughter of Shah Abdu'l Aziz. She had issue, two daughters - see above.
                • i. Asmat Sultana Begum. m. Muhammad Shafiq. No issue.
              • b. Mirza Muhammad Faiz Shah. He had issue, two sons:
                • i. Mirza Muhammad Islam Shah.
                • ii. Mirza Muhammad Sulaiman Shah.
              • a. Kulsum Begum.
              • b. Ahmadi Begum.
            • (ii) Mirza Muhammad Wali.
            • (iii) Mirza Muhammad Shah.
            • (i) Mubarak un-nisa Begum.
            • (ii) Vilayati Begum. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
            • (iii) Ahmad Sultan Begum.
          • (d) Mirza Muhammad Anwar Bakht Bahadur. He d. after 1848.
          • (e) Mirza Muhammad Karim Bakhsh Bahadur.
        • Sultan Muhammad Kam Bakhsh Bahadur, had a great-great-grandson:
          • (a) Mirza Muhammadi. m. (first) Haji Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mirza Qutb ud-din. m. (i) Piari Khanum (b. ca. 1811; d. after 1862). He had issue, two sons and two daughters:
            • (i) Mirza Azam Shah. b. at Delhi, ca. 1825. He d. after 1862.
            • (ii) Mirza Yawar Bakht.
            • (i) Mughlani Begum. b. at Delhi, ca. 1812. She d. after 1862.
            • (ii) Wilayati Begum Sahiba. b. at Delhi, ca. 1814 (d/o Haji Begum). m. at Benares, 1834, as his third wife, Mirza Mahmud Jan, Buland Akhtar Bahadur (b. at the Shiwala Palace, Benares, ca. 1800; d. at Benares, 21^st December 1839), third son of Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Mu'azzam Shah, Khurrum Bakht Bahadur, of Benares, by his wife, Zeb un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Bari Khanum], sister of Shirin Beg. She d. at Benares, 18^th September 1849, having had issue, one son and one daughter - see below.
        • Sultan Muhammad Kam Bakhsh Bahadur, had a great-great-granddaughter:
          • (a) Jahan Zeb Afruz Begum Sahiba.
  • a) A d/o Azarm Banu Begum. m. 20^th November 1709, as his second wife, Shahzada Muhammad Karim ud-din Mirza (b. 12^th October 1679; k. at Lahore, on the orders of Emperor Jahandar Shah, April 1712), second son of Sultan 'Azim us-Shan Azhar ud-din Muhammad Bahadur - see below.
  • b) Hayat un-nisa Begum Sahiba. She d. at Delhi, November/December 1745.
• 1) Shahzadi Zeb un-nisa Begum Sahiba. b. at Daulatabad, 25^th February 1638 n.s. (d/o Dilrus Banu Begum). Confined on the orders of her father at Salimgarh for supporting the rebellion of her brother, Muhammad Akbar, January 1681. A gifted calligrapher and famed poet under the nom de plume Makhfi and authoress of 'Zeb ul-Munshat'. She d. unm. at the Salimgarh Prison, Shahjahanabad, Delhi, 6^th June 1702 (bur. at the Garden of Thirty-Thousand Trees, Kabuli Gate, Delhi, later transferred to the bur. Mausoleum of Emperor Akbar, Bihishtabad Sikandara, near Agra).
• 2) Shahzadi Zinat un-nisa Begum Sahiba [Padshah Begum]. b. at Aurangabad, 15^th October 1643 n.s. (d/o Dilrus Banu Begum). She refused all suiters and spent her dowry on constructing the Kumari Masjid (the maiden's mosque). She d. unm. at Delhi, 18^th May 1721 (bur. Zinat ul-Masjid, Delhi).
• 3) Shahzadi Badr un-nisa Begum Sahiba. b. 27^th November 1647 n.s. (d/o Nawab Bai). She d. unm. at Delhi, 9^th April 1670 n.s.
• 4) Shahzadi Zubdat un-nisa Begum Sahiba. b. at Multan, 12^th September 1651 n.s. (d/o Dilrus Banu Begum). m. at Delhi, 9^th February 1673, Sultan Muhammad Sipihr Shikoh (b. at Agra, 13^th October 1644; d. at Delhi, 2^nd/3^rd July 1708), third son of Padshahzada-i-Buzurg Martaba, Jalal ul-Kadir, Sultan Muhammad Dara Shikoh, Shah-i-Buland Iqbal, by his wife, Nawab Nadira Banu Begum Sahiba, daughter of Sultan Parviz Mirza. She d. at Delhi, 17^th February 1707, having had issue, one son - see above.
• 5) Shahzadi Mihr un-nisa Begum Sahiba. b. 28^th September 1661 n.s. (d/o Aurangbadi Mahal). m. at Delhi, 7^th December 1672 n.s. , Shahzada Mirza Izad Bakhsh Bahadur (b. in Malwa, 1651; d. at Delhi, 27^th May 1706), younger son of Shahzada Murad Bakhsh Bahadur. She d. at Delhi, 2^nd April 1706 n.s., having had issue - see above.
• 6) Shahzadi Hijat un-nisa Begum Sahiba (d/o Udaipuri Mahal).

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