Hushang Mirza

Hushang Mirza or Hoshang Mirza (; March 16042February 1628) was a Mughal prince and grandson of the thirdMughal emperor, Akbar. He was the youngest son of Daniyal Mirza and nephew of the fourthMughal emperor, Jahangir. Birth and early years Born at the beginning of 1012 AH or March 1604 CE, he was given the name Farhang Hushang by his paternal grandfather, Akbar. He was the youngest son of Daniyal Mirza and one of twochildren borne by his Hindu wife, an Ujjainiya Paramara princess of Bhojpur (the other child being a daughter, Mahi Banu Begum). Though the exact circumstances of his parents' marriage are not recorded, it is known that his maternal grandfather, Raja Dalpat Ujjainia, had rebelled against Mughal authority in 1599. Daniyal Mirza, who at this point was the Subahdar of Allahabad, was dispatched to neutralise the rebellion. On the prince's arrival however, Dalpat quickly submitted and offered a tribute of elephants. It is believed that it was at this point that the Raja also gave his daughter in marriage to Daniyal. Dalpat however, was killed a few years later, supposedly on the orders of the then Prince Selim (who later became the Emperor Jahangir) as retribution for the death of a Mughal officer during his brief revolt. Daniyal Mirza died of delirium tremens a little over a year after Hushang's birth, in April 1605, whilst acting as Subahdar of the Deccan. Akbar, who was deeply affected by his youngest son's death, himself passed away in October of that year. Daniyal's family appears to have remained in his viceregal capital of Burhanpur following his death, as it was from here in 1606 that they were escorted to the Mughal court by Jahangir's physician, Muqarrab Khan. Jahangir recorded the arrival of his brother's children in his autobiography, the Tuzk-e-Jahangiri: