Mirza Nali

Mirza Nali
Born
Mirza Muhammad Nali

(1784-11-02)2 November 1784
Died8 October 1860(1860-10-08) (aged 75)
Children
  • Mirza Mubarak
  • Mirza Abu Bakr
  • Mirza Jalaluddin

Mirza Nali (born Mirza Muhammad Nali, Shahzada (Begzada) of the Mughal Empire 1784–1860), was the Crown Prince before Bahadur Shah II.[1] He was the son of Akbar Shah II who became an outlaw after the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. He took refuge in parts of Hindustan.

His father Akbar II died in the evening on 28 September 1837. Bahadur Shah Zafar ascended to the throne of Delhi. Bahadur Shah was born in the 1775 and at the time of his enthronement he was 62 years of age. He was a very modest, well spoken, Sufi poet. His father had tried to pass on the title to his younger brother Mirza Salim, also known as Mirza Jahangir. However, Mirza Salim hated the British and called the Resident Stein by the mocking name of "Lulu". He also shot at the resident and as a consequence was exiled to Allahabad. The British as a result were opposed to making Mirza Jahangir the Crown Prince. After that Shah Alam Badshah tried to make Mirza Nali the Crown Prince, this too failed and in the end Bahadur Shah ascended the throne.[1]

Mirza Nali
Born: 2 November 1784 Died: 6 October 1860
Titles in pretence
Preceded by — TITULAR —
GurkhaneMirza
Prince of the Imperial Mughal Line
Mirza Nali

1784–1860
Succeeded by
Jalaluddin Mirza
  1. ^ a b The Agony of Delhi Archived 2007-01-21 at the Wayback Machine by Khwaja Hasan Nizami Published for the 2nd time in 1922 by Ibn Arbi