Saturday 18 March 2022

Farukksiya

Farrukhsiyar, also known as Shahid-i-Mazlum (20 August 1683 – 9 April

1719), was the tenth Mughal emperor from 1713 to 1719, after he
assassinated his Uncle and Emperor, Jahandar Shah. He was easily
swayed by his advisers, he lacked the ability, knowledge and character to
rule independently. Farrukhsiyar was the son of Azim-ush-Shan (the
second son of emperor Bahadur Shah I). On 10 January 1713, The sayyid
brothers were the kingmakers and Farrukhsiyar was the puppiet in their
hands. he was a weak person. As a result of poor government and lack of
good advice, the economy almost collapsed. The most serious problem
was the rising power of Sikhs. The jats plunder and raids areas around
Agra.