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Prince Salim was the third son born to Akbar and Mariam-uz-Zamani in the capital city of Fatehpur Sikri on 31 August 1569. [13] [9] [14] He had two elder twin brothers, Hassan and Hussain Mirza, born in 1564, both of whom died in infancy.
Khalid says the popular narrative still remains that Anarkali was Akbar's concubine who crossed the line and fell in love with Salim, Akbar's son. [3] He says that according to Tareekh-e-Lahore, an 1892 book by Sayed Abdul Latif, Anarkali's original name was Sharf-un-Nissa. [3] According to Ellison Banks Findly Anarkali's name was Nadira Begum. [4]
Mirza Salim (1799 – 8 September 1836) (also known as Shahzada Mirza Muhammad Salim Shah) was a son of Mughal emperor Akbar II and his consort Mumtaz-un-Nissa Begum. He was a younger brother of Emperor Bahadur Shah II, former Crown Prince Mirza Jahangir and Mirza Jahan Shah. He was his elder brother, Mirza Abu Zafar's favourite brother.
In 1564, she delivered twins named Mirza Hassan and Mirza Hussain and in 1569, she was honoured with the title of 'Mariam-uz-Zamani' after giving birth to their third and first surviving son, Prince Salim (the future emperor Jahangir), the heir to the throne. She was also the foster mother of Akbar's favourite son, Daniyal Mirza. [204]
Akbar met his infant son when he reached Ajmer on 13 May 1573. [10] When he later created the Mansabdar system, Akbar awarded each of his sons exalted ranks. Daniyal, at five years old, was given the rank of 6000, with his elder brothers Salim and Murad being given greater ranks on account of their age. These provided the princes, each with an ...
The Mughal Emperor Akbar came to Chishti's home in Sikri to ask him to pray for a male heir to the throne. Chishti blessed Akbar, and after a year, one of the first of three sons was born to him and the queen Mariam-uz-Zamani. Akbar named his first son 'Salim' (later emperor Jahangir). In 1569, Akbar began the construction of a religious ...
9 months after the birth of prince Salim, another son was born to one of the serving-girls (concubine), he was named Murad. Since he was born in the mountains of Fatehpur, he was called "Pahari” [3] He was entrusted for his first few years to Salima Sultan Begum for the upbringing and returned to his mother's care in 1575 as Salima begum left for Hajj.
The khanqah of Sheikh Salim Chishti existed earlier at this place. Akbar's son, Jahangir, was born in the village of Sikri to his favourite wife Mariam-uz-Zamani in 1569, [6] and, in that year, Akbar began construction of a religious compound to commemorate the Sheikh who had predicted the birth. After Jahangir's second birthday, he began the ...