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Issue
  
Shahzada Ali Tabar

Name
  
Sipihr Shikoh

Father
  
Dara Shikoh

Role
  
Dara Shikoh's son


Mother
  
Nadira Banu Begum

Spouse
  
Zubdat-un-Nissa

Religion
  
Islam

House
  
Timurid dynasty

Sipihr Shikoh

Died
  
July 3, 1708, Delhi, New Delhi

Parents
  
Dara Shikoh, Nadira Banu Begum

Cousins
  
Bahadur Shah I, Zeb‑un‑Nisa, Muhammad Azam Shah, Sultan Muhammad Akbar, Muhammad Kam Bakhsh

Similar People
  
Dara Shikoh, Sulaiman Shikoh, Murad Bakhsh, Jahanara Begum, Shah Jahan

Sipihr Shikoh (13 October 1644 – 2 or 3 July 1708) also known as Sipihr Shukoh, was a Mughal prince as the fourth son of Crown Prince Dara Shikoh and his consort Nadira Banu Begum.

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Life

He was also the grandson of the fifth Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as well as the nephew and son-in-law of the sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.

He was captured and imprisoned by Malik Jiwan, 9 June 1659, brought to Delhi and paraded through the streets in chains, then imprisoned at Gwalior Fort, until 1675.

9 February 1673, He married his first cousin, Princess Zubdat-un-Nissa, she was the daughter of his uncle, Emperor Aurangzeb and his aunt, Dilras Banu Begum.

Death

He died in 1708, and his body was buried in Agra fort by Emperor Bahadur Shah

Positions

  • Governor of Odisha (1680–1696)
  • Qiledar of Red Fort (1701–1708)
  • References

    Sipihr Shikoh Wikipedia