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{{Infobox royalty
{{Short description|Mughal prince (1516–1558)}}
| name = Askari Mirza
{{Infobox royalty
|title=[[Prince|Shahzada]] of [[Mughal Empire]]| birth_date = 1518
| image        =
| birth_place = [[Kabul]], [[Mughal Empire]], now [[Afghanistan]]
| alt          = Askari
| death_date = 5 October 1557 (aged 40–42)
| name         = Askari Mirza
| death_place = [[Makkah]], [[Ottoman Empire]], now [[Saudi Arabia]]
| title       = [[Prince|Shahzada]]<br>[[Mirza (name)|Mirza]]
| succession = Ruler of [[Sambhal]]
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1516|2|5|df=yes}}
| reign = 1531 - 22 September 1554
| birth_place = [[Kabul]] (present-day [[Afghanistan]])
| spouse = Sultanum Begum
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1558|||1516|2|5|df=yes}}
| issue = A daughter
| death_place = [[Makkah]], [[Ottoman Empire]], now [[Saudi Arabia]]
| house = [[Timurid dynasty|Timurid]]
| succession   = Ruler of [[Sambhal]]
| mother = Gulrukh Begum
| reign       = 1531 22 September 1554
|religion=[[Sunni Islam]]| father = [[Babur]]
| spouse       = Sultanum Begum<ref name="j065">{{cite book | last=Lal | first=Ruby | title=Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World | publisher=Cambridge University Press | date=September 22, 2005 | isbn=978-0-521-85022-3 | page=209}}</ref>
| issue       =  
| house       = [[Mughal dynasty]]
| dynasty      = [[Timurid dynasty]]
| mother       = Gulrukh Begum
| religion     = [[Sunni Islam]]
| father       = [[Babur]]
}}
}}


'''Muhammad Askari Mirza''', sometimes known simply as ''' Askari''' (1516 – 5 October 1557<ref>DELHI (Mughal Empire) http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/families/mughal.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101062724/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/families/mughal.html |date=2019-01-01 }}</ref>) was a son of [[Babur]] [[Mirza]], the founder of the [[Mughal dynasty]] and Gulrukh Begum. He died on a [[hajj]].
'''Muhammad Askari Mirza'''<ref name="r746">{{cite book | last=Elliot | first=H. | title=The History of India | publisher=BoD – Books on Demand | date=April 3, 2023 | isbn=978-3-382-16752-3 | page=168}}</ref> ([[Persian language|Persian]]: محمد عسکری میرزا), sometimes known simply as '''Askari Mirza''' (5 February 1516<ref>{{cite book |last=Babur, Emperor of Hindustan |date=1996 |title=The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor of India |translator-last=Thackston |translator-first=Wheeler M. |publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=0-19-509671-1|p=449}}</ref> – 1558<ref>{{cite book | last=Khosla | first=Ram Prasad | title=Mughal Kingship and Nobility | publisher=Idarah-i Adabiyat-i Delli | date=1976 | page=97}}</ref>) was a son of [[Babur]], the founder of the [[Mughal dynasty]] and Gulrukh Begum. Askari was also a general of the [[Mughal Army]] known for his role in the early Mughal conquests of India. Babur appointed him as governor of [[Sambhal]] where he ruled from 1531 to 1554. He died in 1558 in Makkah where he had travelled for the [[Hajj]] pilgrimage.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1516 births]]
[[Category:1518 births]]
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[[Category:1557 deaths]]
[[Category:Mughal princes]]
[[Category:Mughal princes]]
[[Category:Timurid dynasty]]
[[Category:16th-century Mughal Empire people]]

Latest revision as of 04:08, 19 January 2026

Askari Mirza
Shahzada
Mirza
Ruler of Sambhal
Reign1531 – 22 September 1554
Born(1516-02-05)5 February 1516
Kabul (present-day Afghanistan)
Died1558(1558-00-00) (aged 41–42)
Makkah, Ottoman Empire, now Saudi Arabia
SpouseSultanum Begum[1]
HouseMughal dynasty
DynastyTimurid dynasty
FatherBabur
MotherGulrukh Begum
ReligionSunni Islam

Muhammad Askari Mirza[2] (Persian: محمد عسکری میرزا), sometimes known simply as Askari Mirza (5 February 1516[3] – 1558[4]) was a son of Babur, the founder of the Mughal dynasty and Gulrukh Begum. Askari was also a general of the Mughal Army known for his role in the early Mughal conquests of India. Babur appointed him as governor of Sambhal where he ruled from 1531 to 1554. He died in 1558 in Makkah where he had travelled for the Hajj pilgrimage.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Lal, Ruby (September 22, 2005). Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World. Cambridge University Press. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-521-85022-3.
  2. Elliot, H. (April 3, 2023). The History of India. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 168. ISBN 978-3-382-16752-3.
  3. Babur, Emperor of Hindustan (1996). The Baburnama: Memoirs of Babur, Prince and Emperor of India. Translated by Thackston, Wheeler M. Oxford University Press. p. 449. ISBN 0-19-509671-1.
  4. Khosla, Ram Prasad (1976). Mughal Kingship and Nobility. Idarah-i Adabiyat-i Delli. p. 97.