Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Jahan Shah Bahadur (also known as Prince Mirza Jahan Shah) (1779–1846) was the son of Prince Mirza Akbar, who became the Emperor Akbar Shah II in 1806. He was a younger brother of Emperor Bahadur Shah II and former Crown Princes Mirza Jahangir and Mirza Salim. His mother Selaa'h un-nissa, was the third wife of the Emperor.[1] He was the last Mughal ruler of Assam before Mughal Princes left Assam. He died at Assam at the age of 67.[2]
| Mirza Jahan Shah | |
| Moghul-Ruler of Assam Shahzada of the Mughal Empire | |
| Succession: | Prince-Ruler of Assam |
| Reign: | ?1846 |
| Birth Date: | 1779 |
| Birth Place: | Red Fort Delhi Mughal Empire |
| Death Date: | 1846 (aged of 66-67) |
| Death Place: | Mughal Assam |
| Burial Date: | 1846 |
| Issue: | 5 sons 5 daughters including Mirza Jalal Shah Nawab Shahzadi Begum |
| Full Name: | Mirza Muhammad Jahan Shah Bahadur 'Abu Nasir Mu'in-ud-din Muhammad Mirza Akbar Shah II |
| Era Dates: | 18th & 19th Centuries |
| House: | House of Timur |
| Father: | Akbar II |
| Mother: | Selaa'h-un-Nissa |
| Religion: | Sunni Islam (Hanafi) |
| Spouse 2: | Islam-un-Nissa Khanum |
| Spouse 1: | Begum Khujaista Sultan |
| Spouse 3: | Azmat-un-Nissa |
| Spouse 4: | Zahir-un-Nissa |
| Spouse 5: | Eid-un-Nissa |
| Spouse 6: | Sarfaraz-un-Nissa Khanum |
| Dynasty: | Mughal Dynasty |
His father ruled over a rapidly disintegrating empire between 1806 and 1837. It was during his time that the East India Company dispensed with the illusion of ruling in the name of the Mughal monarch and removed his name from the Persian texts that appeared on the coins struck by the company in the areas under their control.[3] His brother was not his father’s preferred choice as his successor. One of Akbar Shah's queens, Mumtaz Begum, had been pressuring him to declare her son, and Mirza Jahan Shah's half-brother Mirza Jahangir as his successor. The East India Company exiled Jahangir after he attacked their resident, Sir Archibald Seton, in the Red Fort.[4]
During his lifetime, he kept six wives, and had at least ten children. He died in 1846, years before the events of 1857 that ushered in the end of his dynasty and the rule of the Imperial family of India.
His grandson, Zahir Shah Mirza was the patriarch of the Singranatore family in the eastern provinces of the empire.[5]