| Daniyal Mirza دانیال میرزا | |||||
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| Born | 11 September 1572 Ajmer, Mughal Empire | ||||
| Died | 19 March 1605 (aged 32) Burhanpur, Khandesh Subah, Mughal Empire | ||||
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| House | House of Babur | ||||
| Dynasty |  Timurid dynasty | ||||
| Father | Akbar | ||||
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| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Daniyal Mirza (11 September 1572 – 19 March 1605[1]) was the shahzada of the Mughal Empire who served as the Viceroy of the Deccan.[2] He was the third son of Emperor Akbar and the half-brother of Emperor Jahangir.
Daniyal was Akbar's favourite son, as well as an able general.[3][4] Like his father, he had fine taste in poetry and was an accomplished poet himself, writing in Urdu, Persian and pre-modern Hindi.[5] He was extremely fond of guns and had named one of his guns 'Yaka u Janaza'. He was very fond of horses and elephants and had once requested Akbar for gifting him his favourite horse which Akbar obliged to. He died from problems relating to alcoholism at the age of thirty-two, predeceasing Akbar by seven months.
- ^ Abu'l-Fazl (1973), p. 1254.
- ^ Beni Prasad (1922). History of Jahangir. p. 496.
- ^ Conder (1830), p. 273.
- ^ Schimmel & Welch (1983), p. 32.
- ^ Quddusi (2002), p. 137.