MërzàSulaimÃÂn (1514âÂÂ1589) was a member of the late Timurid dynasty, and ruler of Badakhshan from 1529 to 1584. He was a son of Sultan Uways Khan Mirza, ruler of Badakhshan, and a descendant of Abu Sa'id Mirza's second son Sultan Mahmud Mirza, and therefore a cousin of BÃÂbur and a seventh-generation descendant of Tëmà «r. KhÃÂn Mërzà("Sulá¹ÂÃÂn Uways MërzÃÂ") was son of Sultan Mahmud Mirza and Sultan Nigar Khanum (daughter of Yunus Khan).
After the death of his father Sultan Uways Khan Mirza in 1520, BÃÂbur took direct control of his dominion of Badakhshan, later entrusting it to his son Humayun. However, when Humayun left his post without permission in June 1529, BÃÂbur placed in his position the young MërzàSulaimÃÂn, who was now fifteen years old.
Throughout his life, MërzàSulaimÃÂn then fought repeatedly to liberate himself from the control of HumÃÂyà «n, and later his son Akbar. In particular, he tried to obtain the control of Kabul. In 1546, the Mughal armies of Humayun fought victoriously against MërzàSulaimÃÂn. He is again recorded besieging Kabul in 1556âÂÂ1557, and in 1564âÂÂ1565, when he expelled the Mughal half-brother of Akbar, Mirza Muhammad Hakim.
In 1584, Suleiman Mirza was expelled by the Uzbek troops of Abdullah Khan II, and had to flee to Kabul under the protection of Mirza Muhammad Hakim. He attempted to recover his lost dominions, in vain. Mirza Muhammad Hakim then died, and some Kabul nobles, led by Faridun Khan, conspired to invite the army of Abdullah Khan to Kabul and offer allegiance. This motivated Akbar to preemptively take control of Kabul and its region.
MërzàSulaimÃÂn appears extensively in the Akbarnama. He is recorded as traveling from Kabul in 1586, to visit the Mughal emperor Akbar in Lahore. He was the grandfather of .