Mirza Jawan Bakht (born 1841)
Mirza Jawan Bakht (1841 – 18 September 1884) was the son of Emperor Bahadur Shah II, also called Zafar, and Zinat Mahal. He was the fifteenth son of his father and the only son of his mother. His mother nursed the ambition of placing him on the Mughal throne.
| Mirza Jawan Bakht | |||||
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| Shahzada of the Mughal Empire | |||||
 Mirza Jawan Bakht (left) and his brother Mirza Shah Abbas, c. 1850–60 | |||||
| Born | 1841 Red Fort, Delhi | ||||
| Died | 18 September 1884 (aged 42–43) Yangoon, Myanmar, British Burma | ||||
| Spouse | Nawab Shah Zamani | ||||
| Issue | Jamshed Bakht | ||||
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| House | Timurid | ||||
| Father | Bahadur Shah II | ||||
| Mother | Zinat Mahal | ||||
Biography
His mother, Zinat Mahal, saved him all through 1857 rebellion and kept him in safe custody. She began promoting her son, Mirza Jawan Bakht, as heir to the throne over the Emperor's remaining eldest son Mirza Fath-ul-Mulk Bahadur. But due to the primogeniture policy of the British, this was not accepted.
On 2 April 1852, at the age of eleven, he was married in a grand ceremony in Delhi to Nawab Shah Zamani Begum, his mother's niece. His mother planned his lavish 10-day wedding to elevate his stature for the throne.[1]
After the Mughal emperor's death in Rangoon, he was buried there. Jawan Bakht and his teacher Hafiz Mohammed Ibrahim Dehlavi arranged the funeral prayers and burial.
Issue
Mirza Jawan Bahkt's first child born was a stillborn son in 1859. His second child was named Jamshid Bakht. Jamshid had one son, Sikandar Bakht, who died in 1986.
References
- Dalrymple, William (22 April 2007). "'The Last Mughal'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
Mirza Jawan Bakht (born 1841) | ||
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| Preceded by Bahadur Shah II as King of Delhi |
Head of the House of Timurid 1862-1884 |
Succeeded by Jamshed Bakht |