Jahan Shah (Mughal prince)

Khujaista Akhtar Jahan Shah (4 October 1673 – 30 March 1712) was the fourth son of Emperor Bahadur Shah I.

Jahan Shah
Shahzada of the Mughal Empire
Born4 October 1673
Died30 March 1712(1712-03-30) (aged 38)
Near Lahore, Mughal Empire
Burial
Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
SpouseZakiyat-un-nissa Begum
Fakhr-un-nissa Begum
Nek Munzir Begum
IssueShahzada Furkhunda Akhtar
Muhammad Shah
Full name
Khujista Akhtar Jahan Shah Mirza
HouseTimurid
FatherBahadur Shah I
MotherDilruba[1]
ReligionIslam

Life

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 killed along with his eldest son Farkhunda Akhtar. His youngest son Muhammad Shah later ruled as emperor for 28 years.

Family

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.[2]

References

Notes
  1. Muni Lal, Mini Mughals (1989), p. 29
  2. Irvine, William, The Later Mughals, Low Price Publications, p. 146, ISBN 81-7536-406-8


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