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'''Mirza Khair-ud-din Muhammad Khizr Sultan Bahadur''' (1834 – 21 September 1857) was a son of the last [[Mughal emperor]], [[Bahadur Shah II]].<br />
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Khizr Sultan was a prominent military leader during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]. However, that same year he was captured and executed by the [[British Empire|British]], alongside other members of his family.<br />
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==Life==<br />
[[File:The Emperor Bahadur Shah II Enthroned.jpg|thumb|Mirza Khizr Sultan was the son of Bahadur Shah Zafar ll]]<br />
Born in 1834, Khizr Sultan was the ninth son of [[Bahadur Shah II]]. His mother was a palace [[concubine]], Rahim Bakhsh Bai.<ref name=DalrympleP190>{{cite book|last=Dalrymple|first=William|authorlink=William Dalrymple (historian)|title=Last Mughal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjknAgAAQBAJ|year=2007|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-93-5118-409-6|pages=2, 190}}</ref><br />
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Noted for his physical beauty, Khizr Sultan was described by his tutor [[Ghalib]] as being "as beautiful as [[Joseph (Genesis)|Yusuf]]". He had some talent as a poet, in addition to his skills as a [[marksman]]. He appears to not have been favoured by his father, possibly due to his closeness with his disgraced elder brother, [[Mirza Fath-ul-Mulk Bahadur|Mirza Fakhru]].<ref name=DalrympleP190/><br />
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During a [[Durbar (court)|Durbar]] in August 1852, Khizr Sultan was publicly rebuked by his father for physically abusing his wife. The prince was described as falling at the emperor's feet and begging for forgiveness. Bahadur Shah angrily struck his son two or three times before pardoning him, warning him to treat his spouse better in the future.<ref name=DalrympleP190/><br />
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==1857 Rebellion==<br />
Khizr Sultan was one of several Mughal princes who joined the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian rebellion]] against the [[British Empire|British]] in 1857.<br />
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He was the commander of the Indian troops during the [[Battle of Badli-ki-Serai]] in June of that year. Though the rebels seemed initially favoured to win, the defection of one of the leaders of the cavalry resulted in their defeat. Khizr Sultan fled the battlefield, though his soldiers fought on before retreating to [[Delhi]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Chopra|first=Prabha |title=Delhi in 1857|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n5AMAQAAMAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India|isbn=978-81-230-1471-5|page=76}}</ref><br />
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In September, Khizr Sultan, Bahadur Shah and other members of the Imperial family were taking refuge in [[Humayun's Tomb]] when they were captured by the British. He, along with his brother [[Mirza Mughal]] and nephew [[Mirza Abu Bakht]], were taken to the [[Delhi Gate, Delhi|Delhi Gate]] by [[William Stephen Raikes Hodson|Major William Hodson]], near an archway later nicknamed "[[Khooni Darwaza|the Bloody Gate]]". Hodson ordered the three princes to strip half-naked and, using his revolver, shot each of them twice in the heart, one after the other.<ref>{{harvtxt|Chopra|2008|p=135}}</ref><ref>{{harvtxt|Dalrymple|2007|p=345}}</ref><br />
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Their bodies were hanged in front of the police station for a few days, before being buried unceremoniously.<ref>{{cite journal|last=R.C.|first=Misro|title=The Impact of Sri Chaitanyas Cult on the Society of Orissa: an Introspection|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2eQrAQAAIAAJ|journal=The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies|volume=44–45|year=2004|publisher=Institute of Historical Studies.|page=17}}</ref><br />
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==Family==<br />
Khizr Sultan had one son and two daughters:{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}<br />
*Mirza Muhammad 'Usman Bahadur (b. 1850);<br />
**Mirza Muhammad 'Umar Bahadur;<br />
**Umda uz-Zamani Begum;<br />
*Khurshid uz-Zamani Begum;<br />
*Rahmat Sultan Begum;<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1834 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Mughal princes]]</div>>Tamjeed Ahmed