Bayqara Mirza I

Bayqara Mirza I
Timurid Prince
Contemporary portrait of Amir Bayqara in 1405-1406 (age 14). Ms. Diez A. fol.74
Born1392
Died1422 (aged 2930)
IssueMansur Mirza
See below
DynastyHouse of Timur
FatherUmar Shaikh Mirza I
MotherMalikat Agha
ReligionIslam

Bayqara Mirza I (1392 – 1422?) was a Timurid prince and a grandson of the Central Asian conqueror Timur by his eldest son Umar Shaikh Mirza I.

Described by the biographer Dawlatshah as "the noblest, fairest, and bravest of Timur’s descendants", Bayqara Mirza is best known for his rebellions against his uncle/stepfather Shah Rukh. He also had an interest in the arts, a trait inherited by his famous grandson and partial namesake Sultan Husayn Bayqara of Herat.