Sultan Uways Khan Mirza
| Sultan Uways Khan Mirza | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirza Monarch Padshah | |||||
 Sultan Uways Khan Mirza ( ) in the Timurid genealogy | |||||
| Reign | 1495-1521 | ||||
| Predecessor | Sultan Mahmud Mirza | ||||
| Successor | Babur, Humayun | ||||
| Died | 1521 | ||||
| Issue | Mirza Sulayman | ||||
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| Dynasty | Timurid | ||||
| Father | Sultan Mahmud Mirza | ||||
Sultan Uways Khan Mirza, also Sultan Uvays Khan Mirza or simply Khan Mirza (died 1521), was a son of Sultan Mahmud Mirza with his wife Sultan Nigar Khanum bt Yunus Khan Chaghatay, and grandson of the last Timurid Emperor Abu Sa'id Mirza.[1] He was therefore a cousin of the founder of the Mughal Empire Babur. Sultan Uways Khan Mirza was ruler of Badakhshan.[2]
As a "Miranshahi" Timurid (i.e. a Timurid descending from Miran Shah), just like Timur, he was quite close to his cousin and participated in various campaigns with him, as in the campaign of Qunduz in 1511, where Timur was rejoined by Uways with 20,000 Mongol troops, against the Uzbeks. After the Battle of Ab Darrah Pass, together they took Samarkand from the Uzbeks in October 1511, with an army claimed to be 60,000 strong.[3]
Sultan Uways Khan Mirza was the father of Mīrzā Sulaimān (1514–1589).[1]
After the death of Khān Mīzā in 1521, Bābur took direct control of his dominion of Badakhshan, later entrusting it to his son Humayun. However, when Humayun left his post without permission in June 1529, Bābur placed in his position the young Mīrzā Sulaimān, who was now fifteen years old.[2] Mīrzā Sulaimān (1514–1589) later fought against the Mughals in Afghanistan and India.[1][4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Woods, John E. (1 January 1990). The Timurid Dynasty. p. 37.
- ^ a b Blochmann, H. (1927). The A-in-i Akbari Vol. 1. p. 324.
- ^ Dale, Stephen F. (3 May 2018). Babur: Timurid Prince and Mughal Emperor, 1483–1530. Cambridge University Press. pp. 95–97. ISBN 978-1-316-99637-9.
- ^ Nourmamadchoev, Nourmamadcho (1 January 2015). The Ismāʿīlīs of Badakhshan: History, Politics and Religion from 1500 to 1750 (PDF). p. 14. doi:10.25501/SOAS.00036614.
- ^ "Mirza Sulayman". Victoria and Albert Museum. 2025.