Shahryar Mirza

Shahryar Mirza
Shahzada of Mughal Empire
Mirza
Mirza Shahryar in his youth
Mirza Shahryar in his youth
Mughal Emperor
(de facto)
Reign7 November 1627 – 19 January 1628 (with Dawar Bakhsh)
PredecessorJahangir
SuccessorDawar Bakhsh (titular) Shah Jahan
Subahdar of Thatta
Reign13 October 1625 – 1626
PredecessorBayazid Bukhari
SuccessorAbu Saeed
Born16 January 1605
Satna, Illahabad Subah, Mughal Empire
Died23 January 1628(1628-01-23) (aged 23)
Lahore, Lahore Subah, Mughal Empire
Burial23–24 January 1628
Lahore
Spouse
(m. 1621)
IssueArzani Begum
Names
Mirza Salaf-ud-Din Muhammad Shahryar
HouseHouse of Babur
Dynasty Timurid dynasty
FatherJahangir
ReligionSunni Islam (Hanafi)

Shahryar Mirza (born Salaf-ud-Din Muhammad Shahryar; 6 January 1605 – 23 January 1628) was the fifth and youngest son of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. At the end of Jahangir's life and after his death, Shahryar made an attempt to become emperor, planning, supported and conspiracy by his one in influence and all-powerful stepmother Nur Jahan, who was also his mother-in-law. The succession was contested, though Shahryar exercised power, based in Lahore, from 7 November 1627 to 19 January 1628, but like his father, he allowed Nur Jahan to run the affairs and consolidate his reign, but she did not succeed, and he was defeated and was killed at the orders of his brother Khurram, better known as Shah Jahan once he took the throne. Shahryar would have been the fifth Mughal Emperor, but is usually not counted in the list of Mughal Emperors.