Muhammad Khair ud-din Mirza, Khurshid Jah Bahadur

Mirza Khurshid Jah Bahadur
Mughal Prince
Chief Representative of the
Royal House of Delhi
Prince of Delhi Khurshid, seated right
Head of the Timurid Dynasty
Reign1931 – 3 August 1975
PredecessorMirza Salim
SuccessorMirza Ghulam Moinuddin Muhammad Javaid Jah Bahadur
Born15 October 1914
Delhi British Raj
Died3 August 1975
(aged 60)
Lahore Pakistan
IssueMirza Ghulam Muinuddin
Mirza Akbar
Sabahat Jahan Begum
Zakawat Jahan Begum
Fasahat Jahan Begum
Nabahat Jahan Begum
Musarat Begum
Names
Mirza Muhammad Khair ud-din, Khurshid Jah Bahadur ibn Mirza Muhammad Fayazuddin Bahadur ibn Mirza Kabiruddin Muhammad Bahadur ibn 'Abdu'llah Jalal ud-din Abu'l Muzaffar Ham ud-din Muhammad 'Mirza Ali Gauhar Shah-i-'Alam II
HouseMughal Dynasty
DynastyHouse of Timur
FatherMirza Fayazuddin
MotherDarakshanda uz-Zamani
ReligionSunni Islam (Hanafi)

Mirza Muhammad Khair ud-din, Khurshid Jah Bahadur, Mirza Khurshid Jah Bahadur, or Mirza Khurshid Baig (15 October 1914 – 3 August 1975) was born in Red Fort, Delhi, as the only son of Mirza Muhammad Fayazuddin Bahadur. By lineage, he was the Great-Grandson of Shah Alam II, and was recognised as the last head of the Timurid dynasty and Crown Prince of the Mughal Empire by the Government of India in 1931. He emigrated to Lahore, Pakistan, following the partition of India in 1947.


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