Sultan Muhammad Mirza ( fa, ) was a Timurid prince and grandson of the Central Asian conqueror Timur by his third son Miran Shah. Little is known about his life, though through his son Sultan Abu Sa'id Mirza, he was the great-grandfather of

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, founder of the Mughal Empire of India.

Life

Muhammad Mirza was the sixth son of Miran Shah, himself the third son of Timur. According to Abu'l Fazl, the

Grand Vizier Grand vizier ( fa, وزيرِ اعظم, vazîr-i aʾzam; ota, صدر اعظم, sadr-ı aʾzam; tr, sadrazam) was the title of the effective head of government of many sovereign states in the Islamic world. The office of Grand Vizier was first ...

of his descendant

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, Muhammad Mirza's mother was Mihr Nush of the Fulad Qiya tribe. Orientalist Henry Beveridge stated that, while he does not know of this tribe, the fact that Muhammad Mirza is described as always living with his brother Khalil Sultan suggests that the two were likely full-siblings. This would imply that 'Mihr Nush' was an alternate name for Khalil Sultan's mother

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, the daughter of Aq Sufi Qunqirat of

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and granddaughter of Jani Beg, Khan of the Golden Horde. Muhammad Mirza was at some point appointed governor of Samarqand and married Shah Islam, daughter of Suhrab Kurd. She was a relative of Izz al-din Shir, the Kurdish ruler of

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and a former adversary of Timur. By this marriage he had two sons: Manuchihr Mirza (d. 1468) and Abu Sa'id Mirza.

Death

The date of Muhammad Mirza's death is not recorded. The Zafarnama does not include his name among the thirty-six sons and grandsons of Timur who were alive as of 807 Hijri (1404 – 1405). This, along with the fact that he was not mentioned by Clavijo during his 1404 visit to Timur's court, led Henry Beveridge to theorise that Muhammad Mirza had by this point already died, predeceasing his father and grandfather. However, this contradicts references to him living with Khalil Sultan in 1410, during the reign of their uncle Shah Rukh. During his fatal illness, Muhammad Mirza was visited by his cousin Ulugh Beg, with whom he had shared a close relationship. The dying prince entrusted to Ulugh Beg the guardianship of his son Abu Sa'id Mirza, who was then raised under his care.

Issue

*Manuchihr Mirza (d.1468) **Malik Muhammad * Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424–1469) ** Sultan Ahmed Mirza **

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Ulugh Beg Mirza II Ulugh Beg II also known as Ulugh Beg Kabuli (d.1502) was the Timurid ruler of Kabul and Ghazni from 1461 to 1502. Reign Born the fourth son of the Timurid Sultan Abu Sa'id Mirza, Ulugh Beg was given the cities of Kabul and Ghazni by his father, ...

Umar Shaikh Mirza II Umar Shaikh Mirza II ( fa, , b. 1456 – d. 1494) was the ruler of the Fergana Valley. He was the fourth son of Abu Sa'id Mirza, the emperor of the Timurid Empire in what is now Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and eastern Iran. His first wi ...

*** Zahir-ud-din Muhammad Babur ****''the Mughal Emperors'' *** Jahangir Mirza II ***

Nasir Mirza Nasir Mirza (b. 1487–1515 d.) was the third son of Umar Sheikh Mirza and the younger half-brother of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire. According to the Baburnama, Nasir Mirza was four years younger to Babur and his mother was a nativ ...

*Fatima Sultan; married Farrukhzad, son of Sayyidi Ahmad, son of Miran Shah **Farrukh Qadam **Sultan Muhammad **Zaynab Sultan *Daughter; married

Nizam al-Din Yahya Nizam al-Din Yahya (c. 1417 – October 1480) was the Mihrabanid malik of Sistan from 1438/1439 until his death. He was the son of Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Qutb al-Din, Shams al-Din 'Ali. Biography Nizam al-Din gained the throne of Sistan after his fa ...

of Sistan ** Sultan Mahmud

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