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{{about|the Mughal ruler|the Pashtun tribe|Dawar (Pashtun tribe)}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Dawar Bakhsh
| title =
| image = Portrait of Dawar Bakhsh.jpg
| caption =
| succession = [[Mughal Emperor]]<br />(de facto)
| reign = 28 October 1627 – 23 January 1628
/Co-Ruler - [[Shahryar Mirza|Sharyar]]
| predecessor = [[Jahangir]]
| successor = [[Shah Jahan]]
| full name = Dawar Bakhsh Bahadur
| birth_date = {{circa}} 1607
| death_date = {{death date and age|1628|1|23|1607|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Lahore]], [[Mughal Empire]]
| house = [[Timurid dynasty|Timurid]]
| house-type = Dynasty
| father = [[Khusrau Mirza]]
| mother = Daughter of [[Mirza Aziz Koka]]
| spouse = Sister of [[Jai Singh I|Raja Jai Singh]] of [[Amer, India|Amber]]<ref name=ZaidiP74>Inayat ali Zaidi, ''The Rajput chiefs and Prince Shah Jahan revolted'' (1987), p. 74</ref>
| issue =
| religion = [[Islam]]
}}

'''Dawar Bakhsh''' ({{lang-fa|داور بخش}}; died 23 January 1628), which means "God Given", was the ruler of the [[Mughal Empire]] for a short time between 1627–1628, immediately after the death of his grandfather [[Jahangir]] (r. 1605–1627).

Dawar was the child of Jahangir's eldest son, Prince [[Khusuru]], who was killed at the behest of [[Prince Khurram]] ([[Shah Jahan]]) in 1622.<ref name="Findly1993">{{cite book|author=Ellison Banks Findly|title=Nur Jahan: Empress of Mughal India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ugxFjVDk3I8C&pg=PA171|date=25 March 1993|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-536060-8|pages=170–172}}</ref>

Dawar, who was affectionately nicknamed "Bulaqi" (meaning "Nose-ring"),<ref name=HansenP85-6>Waldemar Hansen, ''The Peacock Throne: The Drama of Mogul India'' (1986), p.85-6</ref> was initially named the Diwan of the ''Dakhin'', and later Governor of [[Gujarat]] in 1622 by his grandfather, Jahangir.<ref>[http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D11001082%26ct%3D51%26rqs%3D151%26rqs%3D152 Khusrau] [[Tuzk-e-Jahangiri]], The Memoirs of Jahangir (Rogers), Volume 2, chpt. 52 "... To Dawar-bakhsh, s. Khusrau, I gave the mansab of 5,000 personal and 2,000 horse."</ref><ref>[http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D00702015%26ct%3D233%26rqs%3D684%26rqs%3D685 Commanders of Three Hundred.] [[Ain-i-Akbari]], by [[Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak|Abul Fazl]], chpt. 234.</ref><ref>[http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D11001082%26ct%3D55%26rqs%3D635%26rqs%3D641%26rqs%3D642%26rqs%3D734%26rqs%3D735 On the first of the Divine month of Khurdād Prince Dāwar-bakhsh, s. Khusrau, was appointed to Gujarat] [[Tuzk-e-Jahangiri]], The Memoirs of Jahangir (Rogers), Volume 2, chpt. 56.</ref> However, being only fifteen years old at this point, the prince was placed under the guardianship of his maternal grandfather, [[Mirza Aziz Koka]].<ref name=RajyagorP89>Dr S. B. Rajyagor, ''Gujarat State Gazetteers: Ahmadabad District Gazetteer'' (1984), p. 89</ref> The Emperor also arranged Dawar's marriage in 1625 to his cousin, the sister of [[Jai Singh I|Jai Singh]] of [[Amer, India|Amber]] to ensure the Raja's loyalty.<ref name=ZaidiP74/>

Upon the death of his grandfather, he became a pawn in the political game to seize the Mughal throne. He was declared the Mughal Emperor by [[Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan|Asaf Khan]] as a stopgap arrangement to counter the claims of the queen [[Nur Jahan]], who wanted [[Shahryar (Mughal prince)|Shahryar]] to succeed.

==Dawar's ascension and death==
Upon the death of [[Jahangir]], in order to secure the accession of Shah Jahan, Asaf Khan, the brother of Nur Jehan, brought Dawar Baksh out of confinement, declared him king and sent him to Lahore.

However, [[Nur Jahan]] favoured Jahangir's youngest son, Shahriyar, to ascend, and since he was in Lahore at the time, he ascended to the throne, captured state treasury and, in an attempt to secure his throne, distributed over 70 lakh rupees amongst old and new noblemen. Meanwhile, Mirza Baisinghar, son of the late Prince Daniyal, on the death of the Emperor, fled to Lahore, and joined Shahryar.

The two forces met near Lahore. Shahryar lost the battle and fled into the fort, where the next morning he was presented in front of Dawar Baksh, who placed him in confinement.

On Jumada-l awwal 2, 1037 AH (30 December 1627<ref name=numis>Taylor, G.P.(1907). ''Some Dates Relating to the Mughal Emperors of India'' in ''Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal'', New Series, Vol.3, Calcutta: The Asiatic Society of Bengal, p.59</ref>) [[Shah Jahan]] was proclaimed Emperor at Lahore, and on Jumada-l awwal 26, 1037 AH (23 January 1628<ref name="numis"/>) on his orders, Dawar, his brother Garshásp, [[Shahryar (Mughal prince)|Shahryar]], and Tahmuras and [[Hushang Mirza|Hoshang]], sons of the deceased [[Daniyal Mirza|Prince Daniyal]], were all put to death.<ref>[http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D80201016%26ct%3D165%26rqs%3D115%26rqs%3D116%26rqs%3D225%26rqs%3D226%26rqs%3D232%26rqs%3D249%26rqs%3D250%26rqs%3D351%26rqs%3D352%26rqs%3D456%26rqs%3D457%26rqs%3D640%26rqs%3D641%26rqs%3D681%26rqs%3D682 Death of the Emperor (Jahangir)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209041242/http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile=80201016&ct=165&rqs=115&rqs=116&rqs=225&rqs=226&rqs=232&rqs=249&rqs=250&rqs=351&rqs=352&rqs=456&rqs=457&rqs=640&rqs=641&rqs=681&rqs=682 |date=9 February 2012 }} [[The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians. The Muhammadan Period]], Sir H. M. Elliot, London, 1867–1877, vol 6.</ref>

However, there are some suggestions that Dawar had managed to avoid this fate and escaped to [[Persia]]. As late as 1633, ambassadors from the [[Duchy of Holstein]] claimed to have encountered him there, and the French glassmaker Tavernier went so far as to state that he had conversed and dined with the prince.<ref name=HansenP85-6/>

==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Dawar Bakhsh'''
|2= 2. [[Khusrau Mirza]]<ref>{{harvtxt|Findly|1993|pp=170–2}}</ref>
|3= 3. Daughter
|4= 4. [[Jahangir|Nur-ud-din Muhammad Jahangir, Mughal Emperor]]<ref name=AsherP104>Catherine Ella Blanshard Asher, ''Architecture of Mughal India'' (1992), p. 104</ref>
|5= 5. [[Shah Begum (wife of Jahangir)|Shah Begum]]<ref name=AsherP104/>
|6= 6. [[Mirza Aziz Koka]]<ref name=RajyagorP89/>
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|8= 8. [[Akbar|Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, Mughal Emperor]]<ref name=tuzk-e-jahangiri>{{cite book |url=http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D11001080%26ct%3D0 |title=The Tūzuk-i-Jahangīrī Or Memoirs Of Jahāngīr |author=Jahangir |translator1=Alexander Rogers |translator2=Henry Beveridge |access-date=19 November 2017 |page=1 |publisher=Royal Asiatic Society |date=1909–1914 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305012916/http://persian.packhum.org/persian/main?url=pf%3Ffile%3D11001080%26ct%3D0 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|9= 9. [[Mariam-uz-Zamani]]<ref>{{harvtxt|Jahangir et al.|1909-14|p=1}}</ref>
|10= 10. [[Bhagwant Das]], Raja of [[Amer, India|Amber]]<ref>Malika Mohammada, ''The Foundations of the Composite Culture in India'' (2007), p. 300</ref>
|11=
|12= 12. [[Ataga Khan]]<ref name=JahangirP458/>
|13= 13. Jiji Anga<ref name=JahangirP458>{{harvtxt|Jahangir et al.|1909-14|p=458}}</ref>
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|15= }}

==References==
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[[Category:Mughal princes]]
[[Category:1628 deaths]]
[[Category:Executed royalty]]
[[Category:Year of birth unknown]]
[[Category:1603 births]]
[[Category:Timurid dynasty]]
[[Category:Subahdars of Gujarat]]

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