Badi-uz-Zaman Safavi | |||||
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Shahzada of the Safavid Empire | |||||
Viceroy of Gujarat Subah | |||||
Tenure | 1637 – 1659 | ||||
Died | Ajmer, Rajasthan, India | 14 March 1659||||
Burial | Ajmer Sharif, Ajmer | ||||
Spouse | Nauras Banu Begum | ||||
Issue | Dilras Banu Begum Sakina Banu Begum Mirza Muhammad Ahsan Safavi Mirza Mu‘azzam Safavi | ||||
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House | Safavid | ||||
Father | Mirza Rustam Safavi | ||||
Religion | Shia Islam |
Badi-uz-Zaman Safavi (Persian: بدیعالزمان صفوی; died 1659) was a prince of the Safavid dynasty of Persia and a powerful amir at the Mughal court during Emperor Shah Jahan's reign. He is better known by the title Shahnawaz Khan or Mirza Deccan. Shahnawaz Khan was the father-in-law of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and his younger brother Prince Murad Baksh.