Background
He was the third son of Emperor Akbar the Great and the brother of the Emperor Jahangir. Daniyal was born on 11 September 1572. A daughter of Sultan Khwaja "Abdu"l-Azim Naqshabandi.
He was the third son of Emperor Akbar the Great and the brother of the Emperor Jahangir. Daniyal was born on 11 September 1572. A daughter of Sultan Khwaja "Abdu"l-Azim Naqshabandi.
Akbar allowed him to be brought up by Raja Bharmal"s wife in American, as a gesture of honour to the raja"s family. He was made the Subahdar (Governor) of the Deccan from 21 April 1601 to April 1604. He was appointed to an Imperial mansab of 7,000 soldiers.
He had nine wives:
a daughter of Qulij Khan Andajani, Subahdar of Kabul, Punjab, Gujarat and Afghanistan
a granddaughter of Rao Maldeo Rathore, Ruler of Marwar
a daughter of Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, the Subahdar of Gujarat
a daughter of Raja (King) Dalpat of Ujjain
a daughter of Ibrahim Adil Shah II, the Sultan of Bijapur
He had three more Rajput princesses as spouses.
Since Prince Shahryar was in Lahore at the time, he immediately took over the royal treasury and distributed over 70 lakh rupees amongst old and new noble men to secure his throne. Meanwhile, Mirza Baisinghar, Daniyal"s son, on the death of the Emperor, fled to Lahore, and joined Prince Shahryar.
Shahryar"s forces were defeated by those loyal to his half-brother, Prince Khurram. The mother of Daniyal was most probably Mariam-uz-Zamani, the influential Rajput wife of Emperor Akbar.
She was the daughter of Raja Bharmal and Daniyal was sent to her maternal home (American) to be brought up by her mother.
American"s fostering of the prince indicates that his mother was likely from the desert state, but remaining records are not clear.