Hindal Mirza

Names
	Abu'l-Nasir Muhammad Hindal Mirza ibn Mirza Zahir-ud-Din Muhammad Babur

Abu'l Nasir Muhammad
ابوالنصیر محمد
Abu'l Nasir Muhammad ; ابوالنصیر محمد
Shahzada of the Mughal Empire
	Hindal Mirza, presents young Akbar's portrait to Humayun, during Akbar's circumcision celebrations in Kabul, c. 1546 AD by Dust Muhammad
Ruler of Alwar, Mewat, Malwa, Ghazni
Reign	21 February 1531 – 20 November 1551
Born	Abu'l-Nasir Muhammad; 4 March 1519; Kabul
Died	20 November 1551 (aged 32); Nangarhar, Sur Empire
Burial	Gardens of Babur, Kabul
Spouse	Sultanam Begum; (m. 1537)
Issue	Ruqaiya Sultan Begum
Names
Names
	Abu'l-Nasir Muhammad Hindal Mirza ibn Mirza Zahir-ud-Din Muhammad Babur
House	House of Babur
Dynasty	Timurid dynasty
Father	Babur
Mother	Dildar Begum
Religion	Sunni Islam (Hanafi)

Abu'l-Nasir Muhammad (Persian: ابوالنصیر محمد;^[2] 4 March 1519 – 20 November 1551), better known by the sobriquet Hindal (Chagatai for "Taker of India"), was a Mughal prince and the youngest son of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire and the first Mughal emperor.^[3] He was also the older brother of Gulbadan Begum (the author of Humayun-nama), the younger half-brother of the second Mughal emperor Humayun, as well as the paternal-uncle and father-in-law of the third Mughal emperor Akbar.

Hindal's long military career started at the age of ten, with his first appointment as a viceroy being in Badakshan, Afghanistan. The young prince subsequently proved himself to be a successful and courageous general.^[4]^[5] Thus, by the age of 19, Hindal was considered to be a strong and favourable contender for the Mughal throne as Humayun's successor by the imperial council, which despised his older brother. However, unlike his rebellious half-brother, Kamran Mirza, Hindal eventually pledged allegiance to Humayun and remained faithful to him till his untimely death in 1551, when he died fighting for the Mughals in a battle against Kamran Mirza's forces. He was survived by his wife and his only daughter, the princess Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, who married his nephew, Akbar, and became a Mughal queen in 1556.^[6]

^ Parodi, Laura E.; Wannell, Bruce (November 18, 2011). "The Earliest Datable Mughal Painting". Asianart.com. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
^ Babur (Emperor of Hindustan) (1970). Susannah Beveridge, Annette (ed.). Bābur-nāma (Memoirs of Bābur), Volume 1. Oriental Books Reprint Corporation. p. 758.
^ Balabanlilar, Lisa (2012). Imperial identity in the Mughal Empire : Memory and Dynastic politics in Early Modern South and Central Asia. London: I.B. Tauris. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-84885-726-1.
^ Lal, Muni (1978). Humayun. Vikas Publ. House. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-7069-0645-5.
^ Gulbadan, p. 142
^ Burke, S. M. (1989). Akbar: The Greatest Mogul. Munshiram Manoharlal. p. 142. ISBN 978-81-215-0452-2.

[1] Parodi, Laura E.; Wannell, Bruce (November 18, 2011). "The Earliest Datable Mughal Painting". Asianart.com. Retrieved 7 June 2013.

[2] Babur (Emperor of Hindustan) (1970). Susannah Beveridge, Annette (ed.). Bābur-nāma (Memoirs of Bābur), Volume 1. Oriental Books Reprint Corporation. p. 758.

[3] Balabanlilar, Lisa (2012). Imperial identity in the Mughal Empire : Memory and Dynastic politics in Early Modern South and Central Asia. London: I.B. Tauris. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-84885-726-1.

[Lal_1978_182-4] Lal, Muni (1978). Humayun. Vikas Publ. House. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-7069-0645-5.

[5] Gulbadan, p. 142

[6] Burke, S. M. (1989). Akbar: The Greatest Mogul. Munshiram Manoharlal. p. 142. ISBN 978-81-215-0452-2.

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