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Nikusiyar نیکوسیار
Shahzada of the Mughal Empire Mughal pretender Mirza
Timur II
Mughal pretender
Pretence	18 May 1719 - 13 August 1719
Predecessor	Rafi ud-Darajat
Subahdar of Assam
Reign	c. 1695 – 1701
Subahdar of Sindh
Reign	c. 1702 – 1707
Born	Mirza Muhammad Nikusiyar before 6 October 1679 Mughal Empire
Died	(1723-04-12)12 April 1723 Salimgarh Fort, Delhi
Burial	Mausoleum of Qutb-ud-Din Kaki, Delhi
Names Mirza Muhammad Nekusiyar Timur II ibn Mirza Muhammad Akbar Regnal name Timur II
House	House of Babur
Dynasty	Timurid dynasty
Father	Muhammad Akbar
Mother	Salima Banu Begum
Religion	Sunni Islam (Hanafi)

Mirza Muhammad Nikusiyar or Nekusiyar or Neku Siyar, also known as Timur II, was a claimant to the Mughal throne.

Neku Siyar was born in 1679, the son of Mughal prince Muhammad Akbar, and a grandson of emperor Aurangzeb. He was brought up in a harem in Agra.

In 1695, at the age of 16, he was appointed the subahdar of Assam by Aurangzeb and served until 1701. In 1702, he was then appointed the subahdar of Sindh, serving until 1707.

Pretender to the throne

On May 1719, Birbal, the local governor of the Agra Fort, used Neku Siyar as a puppet and proclaimed him as the emperor. Neku Siyar was brought out of old harem prison on 18 May 1719 and proclaimed the Mughal emperor, challenging the legitimacy of the reign of his nephew Rafi ud-Darajat.

The Sayyid brothers acted quickly to secure the position of their puppet emperor, retaking the Agra Fort by June and deposing Birbal and Neku Siyar from their posts. Neku Siyar was arrested on 13 August 1719 and again placed in his old harem prison at Agra. He was then imprisoned in the Salimgarh Fort in Delhi.

Neku Siyar died on 12 April 1723, at the age of 43.

Ancestry

References

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