Neku Siyar

{{Disputed|date=July 2023}}

{{Short description|De facto Mughal emperor}}

{{Infobox royalty

| image = Niku Siyyar (cropped).jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption = Timur II

| name = Nikusiyar
نیکوسیار

| title =
Shahzada of the Mughal Empire
Mughal pretender
Mirza[http://dawn.com/2011/01/02/past-present-emperors-new-names/ Mughal title Mirza], the title of Mirza and not Khan or Padshah, which were the titles of the Mongol rulers.

| succession = Mughal pretender

| reign = 18 May 1719 – 13 August 1719

| reign-type = Pretence

| predecessor = Rafi ud-Darajat

| full name = Mirza Muhammad Nekusiyar Timur II ibn Mirza Muhammad Akbar

| birth_name = Mirza Muhammad Nikusiyar

| birth_date = before 6 October 1679

| successor =

| regent =

| birth_place = Mughal Empire

| death_date = {{death date|1723|4|12|df=yes}}

| death_place = Salimgarh Fort, Delhi

| burial_place = Mausoleum of Qutb-ud-Din Kaki, Delhi

| father = Muhammad Akbar

| mother = Salima Banu Begum

| issue =

| regnal name = Timur II

| house = House of Babur

| religion = Sunni Islam {{small|(Hanafi)}}

| succession1 = Subahdar of Assam

| reign1 = {{Circa}} 1695{{snd}}1701

| succession2 = Subahdar of Sindh

| reign2 = {{Circa}} 1702{{snd}}1707

| dynasty = 25px Timurid dynasty

}}

Mirza Muhammad Nikusiyar or Nekusiyar or Neku Siyar, also known as Timur II, was a claimant to the Mughal throne.{{Cite book|last=Chandra|first=Satish|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Rm9MC4DDrcC|title=Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals Part – II|date=2005|publisher=Har-Anand Publications|isbn=978-81-241-1066-9|pages=484|language=en}}

Neku Siyar was born in 1679, the son of Mughal prince Muhammad Akbar,{{Cite book |last=Latif |first=Bilkees I. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3-SCyobP0koC&dq=%22Neku+Siyar%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA47 |title=Forgotten |date=2010 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-306454-1 |language=en}} and a grandson of emperor Aurangzeb.{{Cite book |last=Others |first=Muzaffar H. Syed & |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=US5gEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Neku+Siyar%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA181 |title=History of Indian Nation : Medieval India |date=2022-02-20 |publisher=K. K. Publications |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Latif |first=Bilkees I. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3-SCyobP0koC&dq=%22Neku+Siyar%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA47 |title=Forgotten |date=2010 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-14-306454-1 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Gribble |first=James Dunning Baker |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9PYRAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Neku+Siyar%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA367 |title=A History of the Deccan |date=1896 |publisher=Luzac and Company |language=en}} He was brought up in a harem in Agra.

In 1695, at the age of 16, he was appointed the subahdar of Assam by Aurangzeb and served until 1701. In 1702, he was then appointed the subahdar of Sindh, serving until 1707.{{Cite journal |last=Kaicker |first=Abhishek |date=2020-02-20 |title=The King and the People |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190070670.001.0001 |doi=10.1093/oso/9780190070670.001.0001 |isbn=978-0-19-007067-0}}