Amir Nizam-ud-din Khalifa ( fa, ), also Known as Mir Khalifa was a
Mughal
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noble and statesman, who served as the
Vakil of the Mughal Empire (''prime minister'') during the reign of
Emperor Babur
Babur ( fa, , lit= tiger, translit= Bābur; ; 14 February 148326 December 1530), born Mīrzā Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad, was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his ...
and
Humayun.
Biography
Mir Khalifa was one of the closet companions of
Babur
Babur ( fa, , lit= tiger, translit= Bābur; ; 14 February 148326 December 1530), born Mīrzā Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad, was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his ...
. In 1526 Babur established
Mughal Empire after defeating
Ibrahim Lodhi in the
Battle of Panipat. Emperor Babur created the ministry of ''Vakalat'' (Emperor's representative) and made Mir Khalifa the first
Vakil of the Mughal Empire.
Mir Khalifa along with his son Mir Mohib Ali commanded the battalions of
Mughal army in both battles of Panipat and
Khanwa
Khanwa (also spelt Khanua) is the name of a village in Bharatpur District of Rajasthan, lying about 60 km west of the city of Agra in India. It was the site of A Historic Battle in the history of North India, and a few miles from Fatehp ...
. His son fought bravely in the battle of Khanwa and impressed the Emperor. Due to Mohib's bravery Babur made him
vizier in the imperial court.
Mir Khalifa initially opposed
Humayun's succession to the
Mughal Throne after death of Babur because he was dread and suspicion to the young prince Humayun. He was in favour of succession of Mahdi Khawaja who was son-in-law of late Emperor.
He thought that Mahdi Khawja was a generous and liberal man but after
knowing great ambitions of Khawaja and opposition from Mughal nobles, he changed his mind and raised prince Humayun to Mughal throne and remained as the Vakil of the empire.
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Mughal nobility
Mughal generals