Suleiman Mirza (Timurid)

After the death of his father Sultan Uways Khan Mirza in 1520, Bābur took direct control of his dominion of Badakhshan, later entrusting it to his son Humayun. However, when Humayun left his post without permission in June 1529, Bābur placed in his position the young Mīrzā Sulaimān, who was now fifteen years old.

Throughout his life, Mīrzā Sulaimān then fought repeatedly to liberate himself from the control of Humāyūn, and later his son Akbar. In particular, he tried to obtain the control of Kabul. In 1546, the Mughal armies of Humayun fought victoriously against Mīrzā Sulaimān. He is again recorded besieging Kabul in 1556–1557, and in 1564–1565, when he expelled the Mughal half-brother of Akbar, Mirza Muhammad Hakim.

In 1584, Suleiman Mirza was expelled by the Uzbek troops of Abdullah Khan II, and had to flee to Kabul under the protection of Mirza Muhammad Hakim. He attempted to recover his lost dominions, in vain. Mirza Muhammad Hakim then died, and some Kabul nobles, led by Faridun Khan, conspired to invite the army of Abdullah Khan to Kabul and offer allegiance. This motivated Akbar to preemptively take control of Kabul and its region.

Mīrzā Sulaimān appears extensively in the Akbarnama. He is recorded as traveling from Kabul in 1586, to visit the Mughal emperor Akbar in Lahore. He was the grandfather of Shah Rukh Mirza.