Muhammad Akbar (Mughal prince)

Mirza Muhammad Akbar (Persian: میرزا محمد اکبر) (11 September 1657 – 31 March 1706) was a Mughal prince and the fourth son of Emperor Aurangzeb and his chief consort Dilras Banu Begum. He went into exile in Safavid Persia after a failed rebellion against his father in the Deccan.

Muhammad Akbar
محمد اکبر

Shahzada of the Mughal Empire
Mirza
Prince Akbar holding a jewel, c.1677
Born11 September 1657
Aurangabad, India
Died31 March 1706(1706-03-31) (aged 48)
Mashad, Persia
Burial
Mashad, Persia
Spouse
Salima Banu Begum
(m. 1672)
Issue
  • Neku Siyar
  • Muhammad Asghar
  • Safiyat-un-nissa
  • Muin ud-din Hussain
  • Buland Akhtar
Names
Mirza Muhammad Akbar
HouseHouse of Babur
Dynasty Timurid dynasty
FatherAurangzeb
MotherDilras Banu Begum

He was the father of Neku Siyar, a pretender to the Mughal throne for a few months in 1719.

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