Khusrau Mirza (1587–1622)

Born 1587 CE, died 1622 CE.

Khusrau Mirza (16 August 1587 – 26 January 1622) was the eldest son of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir and his first wife, Shah Begum. Being Jahangir's eldest son, he was the heir-apparent to his father but Jahangir favoured his son Khurram Mirza (the future emperor Shah Jahan) as he held an animosity against Khusrau. Beloved by his grandfather, the emperor Akbar, Khusrau Mirza came to be considered a candidate to succeed Akbar over his dissolute and choleric father, gathering a court faction which included his father-in-law Mirza Aziz Koka and his maternal uncle Raja Man Singh. After Jahangir's ascent to the Mughal throne in 1605, growing tensions would cause Khusrau to rebel in April 1606. Rapidly defeated, Khusrau was blinded and imprisoned until 1619. In 1620, Khusrau was sent on a mission to Deccan with his brother, the future Shah Jahan. He died at Burhanpur, on the 26 of January 1622: historians generally believe that he was killed by order of his brother.

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