Neku Siyar

Mirza Muhammad Nikusiyar or Nekusiyar or Neku Siyar, also known as Timur II was a claimant to the Mughal throne.[1]

Nikusiyar
نیکوسیار
Mughal pretender
Timur II
Mughal pretender
Pretence18 May 1719 - 13 August 1719
PredecessorRafi ud-Darajat
Subahdar of Assam
Reignc. 1695 – 1701
Subahdar of Sindh
Reignc. 1702 – 1707
BornMirza Muhammad Nikusiyar
before 6 October 1679
Mughal Empire
Died(1723-04-12)12 April 1723
Salimgarh Fort, Delhi
Burial
Mausoleum of Qutb-ud-Din Kaki, Delhi
Names
Mirza Muhammad Nekusiyar Timur II ibn Mirza Muhammad Akbar
Regnal name
Timur II
HouseHouse of Babur
Dynasty Timurid dynasty
FatherMuhammad Akbar
MotherSalima Banu Begum
ReligionSunni Islam (Hanafi)

Neku Siyar was born in 1679, the son of Mughal prince Muhammad Akbar,[2] and a grandson of emperor Aurangzeb.[3][4][5] He was brought up in a harem in Agra.

In 1695, at the age of 16, he was appointed the subahdar of Assam by Aurangzeb and served until 1701. In 1702, he was then appointed the subahdar of Sindh, serving until 1707.[6]

Pretender to the throne

On May 1719, Birbal, the local governor of the Agra Fort, used Neku Siyar as a puppet and proclaimed him as the emperor. Neku Siyar was brought out of old harem prison on 18 May 1719 and proclaimed the Mughal emperor, challenging the legitimacy of the reign of his nephew Rafi ud-Darajat.

The Sayyid brothers acted quickly to secure the position of their puppet emperor, retaking the Agra Fort by June and deposing Birbal and Neku Siyar from their posts. Neku Siyar was arrested on 13 August 1719 and again placed in his old harem prison at Agra.[7] He was then imprisoned in the Salimgarh Fort in Delhi.

Neku Siyar died on 12 April 1723 in Persia,[8] at the age of 43.[9]

Ancestry

References
  1. Chandra, Satish (2005). Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals Part - II. Har-Anand Publications. p. 484. ISBN 978-81-241-1066-9.
  2. Latif, Bilkees I. (2010). Forgotten. Penguin Books India. ISBN 978-0-14-306454-1.
  3. Others, Muzaffar H. Syed & (2022-02-20). History of Indian Nation : Medieval India. K. K. Publications.
  4. Latif, Bilkees I. (2010). Forgotten. Penguin Books India. ISBN 978-0-14-306454-1.
  5. Gribble, James Dunning Baker (1896). A History of the Deccan. Luzac and Company.
  6. Kaicker, Abhishek (2020-02-20). "The King and the People". doi:10.1093/oso/9780190070670.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-007067-0. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. Experts, Disha (2018-12-17). The History Compendium for IAS Prelims General Studies Paper 1 & State PSC Exams 3rd Edition. Disha Publications. ISBN 978-93-88373-03-6.
  8. Keene, Henry George (1885). A Sketch of the History of Hindustán from the First Muslim Conquest to the Fall of the Mughol Empire. W.H. Allen & Company.
  9. history of the decan. Mittal Publications. 1990.
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