Mirza Sulayman

Mīrzā Sulaimān (1514–1589) was a member of the late Timurid dynasty. He was a son of Sultan Uways Khan Mirza, ruler of Badakhshan, and a descendent of Abu Sa'id Mirza's second son Sultan Mahmud Mirza, and therefore a cousin of Bābur and a fifth-generation descendant of Tīmūr. Khān Mīrzā ("Sulṭān Uways Mīrzā") was son of Sultan Mahmud Mirza and Sultan Nigar Khanum (daughter of Yunus Khan).[1][2]

After the death of his father Sultan Uways Khan Mirza in 1520, Bābur took direct control of his dominion of Badakhshan, later entrusting it to his son Humayun. However, when Humayun left his post without permission in June 1529, Bābur placed in his position the young Mīrzā Sulaimān, who was now fifteen years old.[3]

Throughout his life, Mīrzā Sulaimān then fought repeatedly to liberate himself from the control of Humāyūn, and later his son Akbar. In particular, he tried to obtain the control of Kabul. In 1546, the Mughal armies of Humayun fought victoriously against Mīrzā Sulaimān.[3]

Mīrzā Sulaimān appears extensively in Akbarnama.

  • Defeat and escape of Mirza Sulayman in 1546
  • Mirza Sulayman besieges Kabul in 1556-1557
  • Mirza Sulayman, ending the siege of Kabul in 1564–1565, and fleeing to Badakhshan

References

  1. ^ Nourmamadchoev, Nourmamadcho (1 January 2015). The Ismāʿīlīs of Badakhshan: History, Politics and Religion from 1500 to 1750 (PDF). p. 14. doi:10.25501/SOAS.00036614.
  2. ^ "Mirza Sulayman". Victoria and Albert Museum. 2025.
  3. ^ a b Blochmann, H. (1927). The A-in-i Akbari Vol. 1. p. 324.
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