Muhammad Parviz

Parviz
Shahzada Mirza of the Mughal Empire

Prince Parviz Mirza
Born 2 October 1589
Kabul, Afghanistan
Died 28 October 1626 (aged 38)
Burhanpur, India
Burial Agra
Spouse Iffat Jahan Banu Begum
Issue Nadira Banu Begum
Full name
Muhammad Parviz Mirza
House House of Timur
Father Jahangir
Mother Sahib-i-Jamal
Religion Islam

Muhammad Parviz Mirza (2 October 1589 - 28 October 1626) was the second son of Mughal Emperor Jahangir and his wife Sahib-i-Jamal who was the daughter of a respected Muslim religious personality, Khwaja Hasan of Herat, and grandson of Mughal Emperor Akbar.

Emperor Jahangir receiving his two sons, Khusrau and Parviz, an album-painting in gouache on paper, c 1605-06.

In 1609 Jahangir appointed him to the governorship of the Mughal provinces of the Deccan, and he chose Burhanpur as his headquarters and as his residence.

He married his first cousin, Iffat Jahan Banu Begum, the daughter of his uncle, Prince Murad. His daughter Nadira Banu Begum married Shahzada Dara Shikoh.


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