The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c15.122

v4.c15.122

At Lahore Akbar was again disturbed, this time by news of the rebellion of the princes known as “the Mīrzās”, who were his distant relations, being descended from ‘Umar Shaikh Mīrzā, the second son of Tīmūr, while Akbar himself was descended from Jalāl-ud-dīn Mīrān Shāh, the third. There were six brothers: (1) Ulugh Mīrzā, (2) Shāh Mīrzā, (3) Ibrāhīm Husain Mīrzā, (4) Muhammad Husain Mīrzā, (5) Mas‘ūd Husain Mīrzā, and (6) ‘Āqil Husain Mīrzā, of whom the last four rebelled, together with two sons of the eldest, Sikandar, also known as Ulugh Mīrzā, and Mahmūd Sultān, also known as Shāh Mīrzā. They had been provided with assignments in the Sambhal and A'zampur¹ districts and the nature of their grievance is not recorded. They may have considered that the provision made for them was insufficient for princes of the house of Tīmūr but, if so, they were hardly reasonable, for the degree of their relationship to Akbar was that of sixth cousins. They rose and occupied some crown lands not included in their estates; Mun'im Khān marched against them and they fled into Mālwā.