Rafi-ush-Shan

Rafi-ush-Shan
Shahzada of the Mughal Empire
Born 1671
Died 29 March 1712 (aged 4041)
Lahore, Mughal Empire
Burial Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
Spouse Raziyat-un-Nissa Begum
Nur-un-Nissa Begum
Issue Rafi ud-Darajat
Shah Jahan II
Muhammad Ibrahim
Full name
Rafi-ush-Shan Mirza
House Timurid
Father Bahadur Shah I
Mother Nur-un-nissa Begum
Religion Islam

Shahzada Rafi' ush-Shan Bahadur (1671 – 29 March 1712[1]) was the third son of the Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah I.

Life and mughal service

He was born to Prince Muazzam (later Bahadur Shah I) and Nur-un-Nisa Begum, the daughter of Sanjar Najm-i-sani. He was 10 when he was appointed by her grandfather Aurangzeb as qiledar of Malakand until his death; then his father became emperor on 1707. He was killed with his elder brother Jahandar Shah by his nephew Farrukhsiyar. He buried at Agra fort. Her sons Rafi ud-Darajat and Shah Jahan II later became Mughal emperors of India for a brief period.

Family

One of his wives was Raziyat-un-nissa Begum, also known as Safiyat-un-nissa, the daughter of Prince Sultan Muhammad Akbar. She was the mother of Emperor Rafi ud-Darajat.[2] He had married her in 1695 at Agra, during the same time as his brother Jahan Shah had married her sister Zakiyat-un-nissa Begum. Another was Nur-un-nissa Begum, daughter of Shaikh Baqi. She was the mother of Emperor Shah Jahan II[3] and of Emperor Muhammad Ibrahim.[4]

References

  1. Genealogy of the Mughal Emperors of the Timurid dynasty
  2. Irvine, p. 419-20.
  3. Irvine, p. 146.
  4. Irvine, p. 76.

Bibliography

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.