Akbar II
Mirza Jahagir's father, the Mughal Emperor Akbar Shah II (r. 1808–1837) was not happy with his eldest son Siraj Uddin “Zafar” (Bahadur Shah Zafar II) and wanted to nominate his younger son Mirza Jahangir as the heir Apparent ("Wali-Ahad"). This move was not liked by the then British Resident in the Red Fort. One day when the British Resident at the court went to meet Akbar II, the topic of succession came up again but the Resident stated the East India Company’s known position very firmly. Angry at this Mirza Jahangir fired at the British Resident just as he was leaving the Red Fort but missed.The Resident turned his horse back and asked the prince to apologise but he refused and taunted him instead by shouting “Lu, lu hai bey” (cranky booby fie on you). The Resident then went back and returned with a whole posse of British troops bent on avenging the insult. The prince was arrested and sent in exile to Allahabad about the year 1812.