Jahangir Mirza II (1485–1507 or 1508) was the second son ofUmar Sheikh Mirza and half brother ofBabur, the founder of theMughal Empire. He was two years younger to Babur and his mother, Fatima Sultan, belonged to the clan of Mughal Tuman Begs.[1]
Jahangir Mirza was the focus of a rival coterie of Mughal Begs for claiming the family fiefdom of Umar Sheikh, the kingdom ofFarghana and its dependencies, in the initial years of Babur's reign as a youngTimurid prince.[2] However, Jahangir Mirza later shared an almost stable relation with Babur as is evident by his survival as aMirza with his own following and his later status as a first among equals among the lower-ranking Mirzas of the Timurid clan.[3]Jahangir Mirza was in Babur's camp in the latter part of his career and strongly suggested the launch on attack onQalat-i-Ghilzai during Babur's illness in 911AH according to theBaburnama.[4] Jahangir Mirza was present at numerous feasts and celebrations by Babur during his onward march towardsKabul. Jahangir Mirza was awardedGhazni for his labours in Babur's successful campaign for the conquest of Kabul in 1504.[5] Babur later visited him in Ghazni as is evident by a contemporary miniature painting of a feast thrown by him in Ghazni in Babur's honour in May 1505.[6] The last mention of Jahangir Mirza in theBaburnama is in the events of 913 AH when his wife, the mother of his son Pir-i-Muhammad, came to pay respects to Babur.[7]