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Later Mughals(1707-1857) 1)Bahadur Shah(1707-1712) 2)Jahandar Shah(1712-1713) 3)Farukh Siyar(1713-1719) 4)Mohammad Shah (Rangeela):1719-1748 5)Ahmad Shah(1748-1754) 6)Alamgir-2 (1754-1759) 7)Shah Alam-2(1759-1806) 8) Akbar-2(1806-1837) 9)Bahadur Shah-2(1837-1857) Bahadur Shah:1707-1712 ¢ Also known as Shah Alam-1(S/O Aurangzeb) ° Battle of Jajau was fought between all the son of Aurangzeb and the winner was Bahadur Shah ¢ He defeated his brothers Azam Shah and Kam baksh ¢ Adopted Policy of Peace ° Tolerant towards Hindus and Rajputs © Provided titles to Rajputs © Tried Policy of Conciliation with Marathas also © Got spiritual and Military Guidance from Guru Govind Singh e After Death of Guru Govind Singh his follower Banda Bahadur had tussle with Bahadur Shah-1 and fought Battle of Loha garh with Bahadur Shah-1 and Lost ¢ Also known as Shah e Bekhabar as his financial management was not good © Original Name was Moazzam Jahandar Shah (1712-1713) © Got the throne after killing his brother Azim un Shah (He was father of Farukh Siyar) e Jahandar shah got the help of Zulfikar khan(Nobels) to get the throne e Zulfikar khan wanted Jahandar Shah to adopt peace policies with Rajputs and Marathas ¢ |jarah System was introduced (Contract Farming) during this period and was encouraged by Zulfikar Khan Farukh Siyar(1713-1719) ¢ Defeated Jahandar Khan with the help of Sayyed Brothers(King Makers) © Abdullah Khan (Wazir) and Hussain Ali(Mir Bakshi) ° He captured and executed Banda Bahadur in 1715 e John Surman and Dr William Hamilton visited Farukh siyar court from English Embassy in 1715 ¢ Hamilton helped Siyar to get away from his disease and after that he gave away the biggest Farman ¢ He provided EIC duty free trade license for Bengal, Anmedabad,Hyderabad ¢ This is also known as Magna Carta of British Trade in India e First Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath visited Mughal Court to collect chauth and Sardeshmukhi After Farukh Siyar Rafi Us Dajarat and Rafi ud Daulah (Shahjahan-2) became King in 1719 one after another with the help of Farukh Siyar Dajarat died due to TB Daulah was killed by Sayyed brothers Mohammad Shah:Rangeela(1719-48) Got the throne With the help of Sayyed Brothers Original Name was Roshan Akhtar He got Sayyed Brothers killed in 1720 He had many wife But thr famous one was Rahmat Un Nissa,she had great influence over Admin He was actually a Rangeela(Merry Maker) Due to his nonsense activities ,one of his friend Nizam UI Mulk left the empire in 1724 and later founded Hyderabad Nadir Shah of Persia(Iran) invaded India in 1739 and defeated Mughal Army in thr Battle of Karnal with the help of Saadat Khan, Founder of Awadh He even attacked Delhi and took away peacock throne and Kohinoor(Diamond), Also known Mountain of Light Wali Decani,First Urdu poet who came into the court of Md Shah,under his influence Urdu was made the court language Urdu,A mixture of Hindi and Persian languages Classical Singing Khayela was developed during his period Nizamat khan and Feroz khan were the famous musician at the time of Md Shah Ahmed Shah:1748-54 During his time Ahmed Shah Abdali invaded India ,between 1747-67 he invaded and looted India 8 Times making NW part of India Volatile Udham Bai was the mother of Ahmad shah,she was a very famous dancer and got the title Qudsia Begum He was killed by Imad Mulk(Wazir of Alamgir-2) with the help of Marathas Alamgir-2(1754-59) Imad UI Mulk was Wazir He signed a pact with Marathas to control the invasions of Abdali in NW India Najib Khan became the Mir Bakshi Now Relations between Marathas and Mughals starts getting weaken Raghunath Rao expelled Najib Khan from Delhi and appointed Adina Beg as the Governor of Punjab Imad wanted that the next ruler should be Shahjahan-2 (Great Grand Son of Aurangzeb) but it dint happened and next ruler was Shah Alam-2 Shah Alam-2(1759-1806) Original Name was Ali Guhar He was the ruler during 3 Battle of Panipat 1761 between Ahmad Shah Abdali and Mughals which was lost by Mughal Also Battle of Buxar 1764 during his period between Shah Alam-2 +Mir Qasim+Shuja Ud Daula(Awadh of Nawab) Vs EIC After this battle Wazir expelled Shah Alam-2 and he came into the mercy of Nawab of Awadh,then Marathas and later By EIC In 1771 Marathas put Shah Alam-2 on the throne of Delhi In 1803 Britishers Captured Delhi and Now Shah Alam became the puppet of Britishers and first Mughal King to get the pension Akbar-2(1806-1837) Son Of Shah Alam-2 EIC Ordered to give away all the titles Gave Raja Title to Ram Mohan Roy,Modern Man of India He also sent Ram Mohan Roy to British to talk about the restrictions imposed on Akbar-2 Language was also shifted from Persian to English Bahadur Shah Zafar (Bahadur Shah-2):1837-58 Son of Akbar-2 Urdu poet Mirza Galib visited his court Took part in Revolt of 1857 and people called him Emperor of Hindustan His queen was Zeenat Mahal After suppression of 1857 Revolt he was sent to Rangoon and later died in 1862.

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