Mirza Jahangir

Mirza Jahangir
Shahzada of the Mughal Empire
Painting depicting Akbar II on the Peacock Throne, with Mirza Jahangir standing on the right
Born	1791 Red Fort, Delhi
Died	18 July 1821 (aged 29–30) Allahabad
Burial	Nizamuddin Dargah
Wives	Halima-un-Nissa Birj Bai Umrao Bai
Issue	Sulaiman Jah Siphr ud-Daula Zafar Yab Jang Nawab Asa Ra'afat Sultan Begum Sahiba Nawab Quraisha Sultan Begum Sahiba
Full name Mirza Muhammad Jahangir Bakht Bahadur
House	Timurid
Father	Akbar Shah II
Mother	Mumtaz Mahal

Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Jahangir Bakht Bahadur (also known as Prince Mirza Jahangir Bakht) (1791 – 18 July 1821) was the son of Prince Mirza Akbar, who became the Emperor Akbar Shah II in 1807 and his wife Empress Mumtaz Mahal, he was also the younger brother of Emperor Bahadur Shah II and older brother of Mirza Jahan Shah. Under the pressure of his mother, Mumtaz Begum, Akbar Shah declared him as his successor. However, after he attacked the British resident, Archibald Seton, in the Red Fort, the East India Company exiled him and eventually Bahadur Shah II succeed his father 1837, to become the last Mughal ruler of India . He was Subehdar of Assam from 1813 to 1818. He was the 32nd Mughal ruler in Assam.

Mirza Jahagir's father, the Mughal Emperor Akbar Shah II (r. 1808–1837) was not happy with his eldest son Siraj Uddin “Zafar” (Bahadur Shah Zafar II) and wanted to nominate his younger son Mirza Jahangir as the heir Apparent (Wali-Ahad). This move was not liked by the then British Resident in the Red Fort, Sir Archibald Seton. Once Mirza Jahangir who was a reckless youth of 19 insulted Seton in open court and called him Loolu. The British Resident somehow did not react to this insult as probably he did not understand the meaning of Loolu. After a few days, when Mirza Jahangir was merrymaking on the roof of Naubat Khana in Red Fort, Archibald Seton was coming from the Darbar after an audience with Resident. Mirza Jahangir fired a shot at the Resident from the roof of Naubat Khana. Seton escaped but his orderly was killed. For this act of his, Mirza Jahangir was exiled to Allahabad under orders of the British Resident.