Rafi-ush-Shan

Shahzada Rafi' ush-Shan Bahadur（before 12 January 1671 – 29 March 1712[1]）was the third son of the Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah I.

Life and mughal service

He was born to prince Muazzam (later Bahadur Shah I) and Nur-un-Nisa Begum, the daughter of sultan of Ahmed Naga. He was 10 when he was appointed by her grandfather Aurangzeb as qiledar of Malakand until his death; then his father became emperor on 1707. He was killed with his elder brother Jahandar Shah by his nephew Farrukhsiyar. He buried at Agra fort. Her sons Rafi ud-Darajat and Shah Jahan II later became Mughal emperors of India for a brief period.

References

  1. ↑ INDIA The Timurid Dynasty GENEALOGY http://www.royalark.net/India4/delhi9.htm
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