Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Jahan Shah Bahadur (also known as Prince Mirza Jahan Shah) (1779–1846) was the son of Prince Mirza Akbar, who became the Emperor Akbar Shah II in 1806. He was a younger brother of Emperor Bahadur Shah II and former Crown Princes Mirza Jahangir and Mirza Salim. His mother Selaa'h un-nissa, was the third wife of the Emperor.[1] He was the last Mughal ruler of Assam before Mughal Princes were left the Assams. he died at Assam at the age of 67.[2][3]

Mirza Jahan Shah
Moghul-Ruler of Assam
Shahzada of the Mughal Empire
Prince-Ruler of Assam
Reign? – 1846
Born1779
Red Fort Delhi Mughal Empire
Died1846
(aged of 66-67)
Mughal Assam
Burial1846
Wives
  • Begum Khujaista Sultan
  • Islam-un-Nissa Khanum
  • Azmat-un-Nissa
  • Zahir-un-Nissa
  • Eid-un-Nissa
  • Sarfaraz-un-Nissa Khanum
Issue5 sons
5 daughters
including
Mirza Jalal Shah
Nawab Shahzadi Begum
Names
Mirza Muhammad Jahan Shah Bahadur 'Abu Nasir Mu'in-ud-din Muhammad Mirza Akbar Shah II
Era dates
18th & 19th Centuries
HouseHouse of Timur
DynastyMughal Dynasty
FatherAkbar II
MotherSelaa'h-un-Nissa
ReligionSunni Islam (Hanafi)

Ancestry

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Biography

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His father ruled over a rapidly disintegrating empire between 1806 and 1837. It was during his time that the East India Company dispensed with the illusion of ruling in the name of the Mughal monarch and removed his name from the Persian texts that appeared on the coins struck by the company in the areas under their control.[4]

 
Silver coins with his father's inscriptions

His brother was not his father’s preferred choice as his successor. One of Akbar Shah's queens, Mumtaz Begum, had been pressuring him to declare her son, and Mirza Jahan Shah's half-brother Mirza Jahangir as his successor. The East India Company exiled Jahangir after he attacked their resident, Sir Archibald Seton, in the Red Fort.[5]

Family

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During his lifetime, he kept six wives, and had at least ten children. He died in 1846, years before the events of 1857 that ushered in the end of his dynasty and the rule of the Imperial family of India.

His grandson, Zahir Shah Mirza was the patriarch of the Singranatore family in the eastern provinces of the empire.[6]

Sources

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  1. ^ Husain, MS (2006) Bahadur Shah Zafar; And the War of 1857 in Delhi, Aakar Books, Delhi, P87-88
  2. ^ Husain, MS (2006) Bahadur Shah Zafar; And the War of 1857 in Delhi, Aakar Books, Delhi, P87-88
  3. ^ Husain, MS (2006) Bahadur Shah Zafar; And the War of 1857 in Delhi, Aakar Books, Delhi, P87-88
  4. ^ Husain, MS (2006) Bahadur Shah Zafar; And the War of 1857 in Delhi, Aakar Books, Delhi, P87-88
  5. ^ Husain, MS (2006) Bahadur Shah Zafar; And the War of 1857 in Delhi, Aakar Books, Delhi, P87-88
  6. ^ * Chowdhury, S. R. Kumar; P. K., Singh; Ismail, M. Ali (2012). Blood Dynasties: Zemindaris of Bengal - A Chronicle of Bengal's Ruling families (Paperback). Dictus: Politics and Democracy series. p. 271. ISBN 9783847385080.