| Abu'l Nasir Muhammad ابوالنصیر محمد | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shahzada of the Mughal Empire | |||||
 Hindal Mirza, presents young Akbar's portrait to Humayun, during Akbar's circumcision celebrations in Kabul, c. 1546 AD by Dust Muhammad[1] | |||||
| Ruler of Alwar, Mewat, Malwa, Ghazni | |||||
| Reign | 21 February 1531 – 20 November 1551 | ||||
| Born | Abu'l-Nasir Muhammad 4 March 1519 Kabul | ||||
| Died | 20 November 1551 (aged 32) Nangarhar, Sur Empire | ||||
| Burial | Gardens of Babur, Kabul | ||||
| Spouse |
Sultanam Begum
(m. 1537) | ||||
| Issue | Ruqaiya Sultan Begum | ||||
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| House | House of Babur | ||||
| Dynasty |  Timurid dynasty | ||||
| Father | Babur | ||||
| Mother | Dildar Begum (biological) Maham Begum (adoptive) | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam (Hanafi) | ||||
Abu'l-Nasir Muhammad (Persian: ابوالنصیر محمد;[2] 4 March 1519 – 20 November 1551), better known by the sobriquet Hindal (Chagatai for "Taker of India"), was a Mughal prince and the youngest son of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire and the first Mughal emperor.[3] He was also the older brother of Gulbadan Begum (the author of Humayun-nama), the younger half-brother of the second Mughal emperor Humayun, as well as the paternal-uncle and father-in-law of the third Mughal emperor Akbar.
Hindal's long military career started at the age of ten, with his first appointment as a viceroy being in Badakshan, Afghanistan. The young prince subsequently proved himself to be a successful and courageous general.[4][5] Thus, by the age of 19, Hindal was considered to be a strong and favourable contender for the Mughal throne as Humayun's successor by the imperial council, which despised his older brother. However, unlike his rebellious half-brother, Kamran Mirza, Hindal eventually pledged allegiance to Humayun and remained faithful to him till his untimely death in 1551, when he died fighting for the Mughals in a battle against Kamran Mirza's forces. He was survived by his wife and his only daughter, the princess Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, who married his nephew, Akbar, and became a Mughal queen in 1556.[6]
- ^ Parodi, Laura E.; Wannell, Bruce (November 18, 2011). "The Earliest Datable Mughal Painting". Asianart.com. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
- ^ Babur (Emperor of Hindustan) (1970). Susannah Beveridge, Annette (ed.). Bābur-nāma (Memoirs of Bābur), Volume 1. Oriental Books Reprint Corporation. p. 758.
- ^ Balabanlilar, Lisa (2012). Imperial identity in the Mughal Empire : Memory and Dynastic politics in Early Modern South and Central Asia. London: I.B. Tauris. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-84885-726-1.
- ^ Lal, Muni (1978). Humayun. Vikas Publ. House. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-7069-0645-5.
- ^ Gulbadan, p. 142
- ^ Burke, S. M. (1989). Akbar: The Greatest Mogul. Munshiram Manoharlal. p. 142. ISBN 978-81-215-0452-2.