Jahan Shah I

Who was Jahan Shah I?

Khujaista Akhtar Jahan Shah was the fourth son of Emperor Bahadur Shah I. He was made Subahdar of Malwa and raised to an Imperial Mansab of 30,000 Zat and 20,000 Sawar. After his father's death, he sided with his brother Mu'izz-ud-Din and defeated his other brother, Azim-ush-Shan in 1712. But Mu'izz-ud-Din disagreed with him over the distribution of the Imperial treasury and fought a battle against him in which he was supposed to be killed along with his eldest son Farkhunda Akhtar.

Instead of being killed, he was kicked out of the Imperial Royalty, later he spends his life in becoming a respected noble man along with his eldest son Shahzada Farkhunda Akhtar.

Jahan Shah is now also known as Malik I along with his "Noble Lineage" residing in today Pakistan. He died on 1730, given the privilege to be buried on Humayun Tomb by the Sayyid Brothers. It was agreed that his later lineage starting from his eldest son would not be entertained as royals but only as Noble ones.