Al-aman (1528 – 1536) was a

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prince and the eldest son of the Mughal Emperor

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and his first wife and chief consort

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Birth

Al-aman Mirza was born in Badakshan, present-day

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, and was his father's first child and eldest son. Upon the prince's birth, his grandfather, the Emperor

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, heavily congratulated Humayun and his wife, but criticized the couple for naming the child 'Al-aman', a name which, according to him, was grammatically incorrect and ominous in its connotation. Babur commemorated the birth of his first grandson both by mentioning it and by preserving his own congratulatory letter to Humayun in his memoir, the ''

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''. Being the Emperor's eldest son, Al-aman Mirza was the

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to his father but died in childhood.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mirza, Al-aman Mughal princes Mughal nobility 1528 births Year of death missing Royalty and nobility who died as children