Shahryar Mirza

Shahryar Mirza
Shahzada of Mughal Empire Mirza
Mirza Shahryar in his youth
Mughal Emperor (de facto)
Reign	7 November 1627 – 19 January 1628 (with Dawar Bakhsh)
Predecessor	Jahangir
Successor	Dawar Bakhsh (titular) Shah Jahan
Subahdar of Thatta
Reign	13 October 1625 – 1626
Predecessor	Bayazid Bukhari
Successor	Abu Saeed
Born	16 January 1605 Satna, Illahabad Subah, Mughal Empire
Died	23 January 1628(1628-01-23) (aged 23) Lahore, Lahore Subah, Mughal Empire
Burial	23–24 January 1628 Lahore
Spouse	Mihr-un-nissa Begum ​ ​ (m. 1621)​
Issue	Arzani Begum
Names Mirza Salaf-ud-Din Muhammad Shahryar
House	House of Babur
Dynasty	Timurid dynasty
Father	Jahangir
Religion	Sunni Islam (Hanafi)

Shahryar Mirza (born Salaf-ud-Din Muhammad Shahryar; 6 January 1605 – 23 January 1628) was the fifth and youngest son of the Mughal emperor Jahangir. At the end of Jahangir's life and after his death, Shahryar made an attempt to become emperor, planning, supported and conspiracy by his one in influence and all-powerful stepmother Nur Jahan, who was also his mother-in-law. The succession was contested, though Shahryar exercised power, based in Lahore, from 7 November 1627 to 19 January 1628, but like his father, he allowed Nur Jahan to run the affairs and consolidate his reign, but she did not succeed, and he was defeated and was killed at the orders of his brother Khurram, better known as Shah Jahan once he took the throne. Shahryar would have been the fifth Mughal Emperor, but is usually not counted in the list of Mughal Emperors.