page_title: Mirza Khizr Sultan
section_title: Life
hierarchical_section_title: Mirza Khizr Sultan / Life
caption_attribution_description: Ghulam 'Ali Khan (active c. 1820-c. 1840) The Emperor Bahadur Shah II Enthroned India, Delhi, Mughal, dated 1838 (A.H. 1254) Opaque watercolor and gold on paper The Last Mughal Emperor, Bahadur Shah II, with Two Sons; The Heir Apparent, Fakhrud-din Mirza at His Right, and Mirza Farkhanda. Mughal, North India, Delhi, dated in the month of Rabi I, A.H. 1254 (May-June 1838): 32 x 38 cm. Private collection. "On this final imperial Mughal portrait are inscribed some of his honorifics: "the Shadow of God," "Exalted King of Kings," "Refuge of Islam," and "Increasor of the Splendour of the Community of the Paraclete." The lions aupporting the throne are scrawny and feeble and the Emperor's halo has turned from the usual gold to hauntingly anemic pale blues." (p. 185)
context_page_description: Mirza Khair-ud-din Muhammad Khizr Sultan Bahadur was a son of the last Mughal emperor, Bahadur Shah II.
  Khizr Sultan was a prominent military leader during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. However, that same year he was captured and executed by the British, alongside other members of his family.
context_section_description: Born in 1834, Khizr Sultan was the ninth son of Bahadur Shah II. His mother was a palace concubine, Rahim Bakhsh Bai.
  Noted for his physical beauty, Khizr Sultan was described by his tutor Ghalib as being "as beautiful as Yusuf". He had some talent as a poet, in addition to his skills as a marksman. He appears to not have been favoured by his father, possibly due to his closeness with his disgraced elder brother, Mirza Fakhru.
  During a Durbar in August 1852, Khizr Sultan was publicly rebuked by his father for physically abusing his wife. The prince was described as falling at the emperor's feet and begging for forgiveness. Bahadur Shah angrily struck his son two or three times before pardoning him, warning him to treat his spouse better in the future.
caption: Mirza Khizr Sultan was the son if Bahadur Shah Zafar ll
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