Daniyal, Imperial Prince of the Royal House of Timur (d. 1604)
Shahzada Daniyal Mirza (11 September 1572 – 19 March 1605) was an Imperial Prince of the Mughal Empire who served as the Viceroy of the Deccan. He was the third son of Emperor Akbar and the brother of the Emperor Jahangir. He was the foster son of Mariam-uz-Zamani, the favorite consort of Akbar.
Daniyal was Akbar's favourite son, as well as an able general. Like his father, he had a fine taste in poetry and was an accomplished poet himself, writing in urdu and Persian. He died from problems relating to alcoholism at the age of thirty-two, predeceasing Akbar by seven months.
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