Jalaluddin Mirza
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[edit] Mirza Jalaluddin, Mughal Prince
(born Mirza Mohammad Jalaluddin Ahmed, the Prince of the Royal House of Timur) (1854-1876) was a Mughal Prince who was the grandson of Emperor Akbar Shah II, and the nephew of Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Mughal Emperor. His title Mirza, meant that he was a Prince of the Mughal Royal Family.
Most of his life was spent hiding from the British. He took refuge under the Zamindari Dighapatia family in Natore, Rajshahi. He had four sons and two daughters. His son Mirza Zafar eventually came to be an official in the families' court.
His line of descent was the surviving branch of the house of Timur, besides the Delhi line of the Mughal Imperial family. His descendants are sometimes styled as HH The Prince -name- of Bengal, although they were never considered a salute state.
| Preceded by Mirza Nali |
Prince of the House of Timur 1854–1876 |
Succeeded by Mirza Zafar |
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