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| Murad Bakhsh مراد بخش | |||||
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Shahzada of theMughal Empire Mirza[1] | |||||
 Prince Murad Bakhsh in his 30sc. 1655 | |||||
| Subadar ofMultan | |||||
| Reign | 1643 –14 December 1646 | ||||
| Emperor | Shah Jahan I Aurangzeb | ||||
| Predecessor | Saeed Khan | ||||
| Successor | Saeed Khan | ||||
| Subadar ofBalkh | |||||
| Reign | 16 February 1646 – 9 August 1646) | ||||
| Emperor | Shah Jahan I | ||||
| Successor | Aurangzeb | ||||
| Subadar ofKashmir | |||||
| Reign | 20 August 1647 – July 1648 | ||||
| Emperor | Shah Jahan I | ||||
| Subadar ofDeccan | |||||
| Reign | 25 July 1648 – 14 September 1649 | ||||
| Emperor | Shah Jahan I | ||||
| Subadar ofKabul | |||||
| Reign | 23 January 1650 – 1654 | ||||
| Emperor | Shah Jahan I | ||||
| Predecessor | Quli Khan Turani | ||||
| Successor | Said Khan | ||||
| Subadar ofGujarat | |||||
| Reign | March 1654 –14 December 1661 | ||||
| Emperor | Shah Jahan I Aurangzeb | ||||
| Predecessor | Shaista Khan | ||||
| Successor | Shah Nawaz Khan Safavi | ||||
| Born | 8 October 1624 Rohtasgarh Fort,Mughal Empire | ||||
| Died | 14 December 1661(1661-12-14) (aged 37) Gwalior Fort,Mughal Empire | ||||
| Cause of death | Execution | ||||
| Burial | Traitor's Cemetery (Gwalior) | ||||
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| House | House of Babur | ||||
| Dynasty |  Timurid dynasty | ||||
| Father | Shah Jahan | ||||
| Mother | Mumtaz Mahal | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
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Mirza Muhammad Murad Bakhsh (9 October 1624 – 14 December 1661)[2] was aMughal prince and the youngest surviving son ofMughal EmperorShah Jahan and EmpressMumtaz Mahal.[3] He was theSubahdar ofBalkh, till he was replaced by his elder brotherAurangzeb in the year 1647.
Muhammad Murad Bakhsh was born on 9 October 1624, at theRohtasgarh Fort inBihar, as the sixth and youngest surviving son of Emperor Shah Jahan and his wife, Mumtaz Mahal.[citation needed] Murad's siblings included his two politically powerful sisters, the princessesJahanara Begum andRoshanara Begum, as well as theheir-apparent to his father, his eldest brother, Crown PrinceDara Shikoh and the future Mughal EmperorAurangzeb.[citation needed]
In 1638, Murad Bakhsh, at the age of fourteen years, married theSafavid princess, Sakina Banu Begum, daughter ofShah Nawaz Khan Safavi. She was the younger sister of his elder sister-in-law,Dilras Banu Begum, who was Aurangzeb's wife.[4]
He was appointed as theSubadar ofMultan (1642), ofBalkh (16 February 1646 to 9 August 1646), of Kashmir (20 August 1647 to July 1648), ofDeccan (25 July 1648 to 14 September 1649), andKabul (23 January 1650 to 1654), of Gujarat (March 1654), andMalwa.[5]
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On 30 November 1657, he proclaimed himself emperor atAhmedabad, after reports that his father was ill. During the same year, he received theOttoman ambassadorManzada Husain Agha, who arrived in the port ofSurat and was on his way to meetShah Jahan inAgra. Manzar Hussain Agha mentions his disappointment regarding the wars betweenShah Jahan's sons.[6]
Murad Bakhsh joined hands withAurangzeb to defeatDara Shikhoh, the eldest son of Shah Jahan. In fact, it was the ferocious charge led by Murad Bakhsh and hisSowars that eventually turned the outcome of the battle in favor of Aurangzeb during theBattle of Samugarh.[citation needed]
On 7 July 1658, while he was in a tent with his brother Aurangzeb, he was intoxicated, secretly sent to the prison and transferred toGwalior Fort from January 1659.[7]
He faced a trial that sentenced him to death for having murdered formerDiwan clerk named Ali Naqi, in 1661. Aurangzeb then replaced Murad Bakhsh as theSubedar ofGujarat, and placed Inayat Khan as the new Mughal commander ofSurat.[8]
On 14 December 1661, after spending three years in prison, he was executed atGwalior Fort.[9][10] With the last of his brothers now dead, Aurangzeb was the undisputed emperor of theMughal Empire.[citation needed]
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