Muhammad Sultan (Mughal prince)

Muhammad Sultan
Shahzada of the Mughal Empire
Born 29 December 1639
Mathura, India
Died 14 December 1676 (aged 36)
Salimgarh Fort, Delhi
Burial Qutb Shah, Delhi
Spouse Padshah Bibi
Gulrukh Banu Begum
Dostdar Banu Begum
Bai Bhut Devi
Munawar Khanum
(six wives)
Issue Masud Bakhsh
Full name
Muhammad Sultan Mirza
House Timurid
Father Aurangzeb
Mother Nawab Bai
Religion Islam

Shahzada Muhammad Sultan (29 December 1639 – 14 December 1676[1]), also known as Sultan, was the first son of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and his second wife Nawab Bai. His younger brother Muazzam later became Emperor Bahadur Shah I in 1707.

Life

April 1656, Muhammad Sultan was appointed as Heir Apparent by his father-in-law Abdullah Qutb Shah, Sultan of Golconda and Hyderabad.

After the succession war of the Mughal Empire began in 1657, he joined his father-in-law Shah Shuja, and was appointed as Chief-in-Commander and Principal Counsellor in 1659.

He rejoined his father on February 20, 1660 and was imprisoned at Salimgarh Fort in Delhi, 8 May 1660. He was transferred to and imprisoned at the Gwalior Fort on the orders of his father, from January 1661 to December 1672.

On December 14, 1676 he died in confinement at Salimgarh Prison.

Marriage

References

  1. INDIA The Timurid Dynasty GENEALOGY
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