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Abu Nasir Muhammad Hindal (4 March 1519 – 20 November 1551) was a Mughal prince as the youngest son of Emperor Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire and the first Mughal emperor. He was also the older brother of Gulbadan Begum (the author of ''Humayun-Nama''), the younger half-brother of the second Mughal emperor Humayun as well as the paternal uncle and father-in-law of the third Mughal emperor Akbar. Hindal's long military career started at the age of ten, with his first appointment as a Viceroy being in Badakshan, Afghanistan. The young prince subsequently proved himself to be an ever successful, courageous and fearless general. Thus, by the age of 19, Hindal was considered a strong and favourable contender for the Mughal throne as Humayun's successor by the imperial counsel, who despised his elder brother. However, unlike his ever rebellious half-brother, Kamran Mirza, Hindal eventually pledge allegiance to Humayun and remained faithful to him till his untimely death in 1551, when he died fighting valorously for the Mughals and Humayun in a battle against Karman Mirza's forces. Hindal's death bears testimony to the young prince's courage and pluck. He was survived by his wife and his only daughter, the princess Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, who married his nephew, Akbar, and became Mughal empress in 1556. ==Early life== Abu Nasir Muhammad Hindal was born on 4 March 1519 in Kabul to the first Mughal emperor Babur and his wife Dildar Begum. Upon hearing the news of his birth, Babur named his youngest son, Hindal ("Taker of north India"), since the prince was born while he was on his way to conquer "Hind" (north India) which he felt was a good omen. Babur further commemorated the birth of his son in his memoir: the ''Baburnama''. Two years after his birth, the prince and his sister Princess Gulbadan Begum were placed in Maham Begum's care, Babur's fourth wife and the mother of Hindal's older step-brother, Humayun. Maham Begum had recently lost four children of her own in infancy, and wished to raise Hindal and his sister Gulbadan Begum in her own care. Hindal's other siblings included the princesses: Gulrang Begum and Gulchehra Begum, and a younger brother Prince Alwar Mirza, who died in his childhood.〔 Among his siblings, Hindal was very close to his sister Gulbadan Begum. Hindal had also been his father's favourite when Humayun lost favour with him at the time of his death in 1530. On his deathbed, Babur desperately asked for his youngest son, who was fighting a campaign in Kabul at the time, instead of Humayun. This incident, hinted at the depth of the older prince's imperial disfavour. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hindal Mirza」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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