Al-aman (Persian: الامانمیرزا) (1536 - 1528) was a Mughal prince and the eldest son of the Mughal Emperor Humayun and his first wife and chief consort Bega Begum.[1]
| Al-Aman | |
|---|---|
| Shahzada of the Mughal Empire | |
| Born | November 1528 Badakshan, Mughal Empire (present-day Afghanistan) |
| Died | 1536 (aged 8) |
| House | House of Babur |
| Dynasty |  Timurid dynasty |
| Father | Humayun |
| Mother | Bega Begum |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Birth
editAl-aman Mirza was born in Badakshan, present-day Afghanistan, and was his father's first child and eldest son. Upon the prince's birth, his grandfather, the Emperor Babur, heavily congratulated Humayun and his wife, but criticized the couple for naming the child 'Al-aman', a name which, according to him, was grammatically incorrect and ominous in its connotation.[2] Babur commemorated the birth of his first grandson both by mentioning it and by preserving his own congratulatory letter to Humayun in his memoir, the Baburnama.[3]
Being the Emperor's eldest son, Al-aman Mirza was the heir-apparent to his father but died in childhood.
References
edit- ^ Prasad, Ishwari (1956). The Life and Times of Humāyūn. Orient Longmans. p. 21.
- ^ Lal, Muni (1978). Humayun. Vikas Publ. House. pp. 81, 212. ISBN 9780706906455.
- ^ Beveridge, Annette Susannah (2006). Babur Nama : journal of Emperor Babur (1.publ. ed.). Penguin Books. p. 316. ISBN 9780144001491.