Mirza Jawan Bakht (born 1749)

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Jahandar Shah II جہاندار شاہ ثانی
Wali Ahad of the Mughal Empire Grand Vizier of the Mughal Empire Shahzada of the Mughal Empire Mirza[1]
Portrait by Charles Smith after one by Johan Zoffany, c. 1783
Heir-apparent of the Mughal Empire
Reign	1760 - 1784
Coronation	10 October 1760 at Red Fort, Delhi
Predecessor	Shah Alam II
Successor	Akbar II
Born	1749 (1749) Red Fort, Shahjahanabad, Delhi Subah, Mughal Empire (now in Delhi, India)
Died	31 May 1788 (Aged 39) Benares, Awadh Subah, Mughal Empire (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Burial	Benares, Oudh State, Mughal Empire (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Spouse	Nawab Mulka-i-Afaq Qutlaq Sultan Begum Jahanabadi Begum Sahiba Zeb un-nisa Begum Sahiba Mahal-i-Khas Sahiba Halim un-nisa Khanum Zahar un-nisa Khanum
Issue	Mirza Muhammad Shagufta Bakht Bahadur Khurram Bakht Bahadur
Names Shahzada Mirza Jawan Bakht Jahandar Shah Bahadur
House	House of Babur
Dynasty	Timurid dynasty
Father	Shah Alam II
Mother	Nawab Taj Mahal Begum Sahiba
Religion	Sunni Islam

Shahzada Mirza Jawan Bakht Bahadur (Persian, Urdu: شہزادہ مرزا جوان بخت بہادر, alternative spelling Mirza Javan Bakht, Mirza Jawan Bakht also known as Mirza Jahandar Shah, 1749 - 31 May 1788 A.D., 25th Shaban 1202 A.H.,) was a Mughal prince^[2] and the eldest son of Emperor Shah Alam II and the grandson of Emperor Alamgir II. He was born in 1749 at the Red Fort, Delhi. Jawan Bakht was a very influential Timurid Prince of the Mughal Empire and he also briefly served as the Heir-apparent of the Mughal Empire.