Jalaluddin Mirza was a prince

Prince

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 of the Mughal

Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire ,‎ or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...

 Royal Family

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, Gurkhan

Gurkhan

Gurkhan was a Mongol title meaning "chief of Khans" and roughly equivalent to the older word khagan. It was held by the rulers of the Kara-Khitai in the 13th century. It comes from the Mongol Gür / Kür, meaning "wide" or "general"...

-e-Mirza

Mirza

Mirza , is of Persian origin, denoting the rank of a high nobleman or Prince. It is usually translated into English as a royal or imperial Prince of the Blood...

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Most of his life was spent hiding from the British

British Raj

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. He took refuge under the Zamindari Dighapatia family in Natore, Rajshahi

Rajshahi

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. He had four sons and two daughters. His son Mirza Zafar

Mirza Zafar

Mirza Zafar was a prince of the Mughal royal family. He was an officer in King Dighapatia's court, and in 1876 upon the death of his father became the prince of the Timurid Dynasty In Bengal...

 eventually came to be an official in the families' court. He married Humaira Sultan Begum, grand daughter of Bahadur Shah Zafar II and had the heir apparent Mirza Zafar

Mirza Zafar

Mirza Zafar was a prince of the Mughal royal family. He was an officer in King Dighapatia's court, and in 1876 upon the death of his father became the prince of the Timurid Dynasty In Bengal...

 and Mirza Mohinuddin Alam Beg.

His line of descent was the surviving branch of the house of Timur

Timur

Timur , historically known as Tamerlane in English , was a 14th-century conqueror of West, South and Central Asia, and the founder of the Timurid dynasty in Central Asia, and great-great-grandfather of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Dynasty, which survived as the Mughal Empire in India until...

, besides the Delhi line of the Mughal

Mughal Empire

The Mughal Empire ,‎ or Mogul Empire in traditional English usage, was an imperial power from the Indian Subcontinent. The Mughal emperors were descendants of the Timurids...

 Imperial family. His descendants are sometimes styled as HH The Prince -name- of Bengal, although they were never considered a salute state

Salute state

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