Mirza Khurshid Jah Bahadur | |
Mughal Prince Chief Representative of the Royal House of Delhi | |
Succession: | Head of the Timurid Dynasty |
Reign: | 1931 – 3 August 1975 |
Predecessor: | Mirza Salim |
Successor: | Mirza Ghulam Moinuddin Muhammad Javaid Jah Bahadur |
Birth Date: | 15 October 1914 |
Birth Place: | Delhi British Raj |
Death Date: | 3 August 1975 (aged 60) |
Death Place: | Lahore Pakistan |
Issue: | Mirza Ghulam Muinuddin Mirza Akbar Sabahat Jahan Begum Zakawat Jahan Begum Fasahat Jahan Begum Nabahat Jahan Begum |
Full Name: | Mirza Muhammad Khair ud-din, Khurshid Jah Bahadur ibn Mirza Muhammad Fayazuddin Bahadur ibn Mirza Kabiruddin Muhammad Bahadur ibn 'Abdu'llah Jalal ud-din Abu'l Muzaffar Ham ud-din Muhammad 'Mirza Ali Gauhar Shah-i-'Alam II |
House: | Mughal Dynasty |
Father: | Mirza Fayazuddin |
Mother: | Darakshanda uz-Zamani |
Dynasty: | House of Timur |
Mirza Muhammad Khair ud-din, Khurshid Jah Bahadur or, Mirza Khurshid Jah Bahadur (15 October 1914 – 3 August 1975) was born in Rang Mahal, Delhi the only son of Mirza Muhammad Fayazuddin Bahadur, by lineage he was the Great-Grandson of Shah Alam II, he was recognised as head of the Timurid dynasty, in 1931 by the Government of India, He emigrated to Lahore in Pakistan following the partition of India in 1947,
He was married to Nawabzadi Arghwani Begum Sahiba (born 2 January 1920- died 28 Dec 2020) and they had two sons and four daughters.[1]