Alamgir II
| Alamgir II (Aghrid Yaldosz) | |||||
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| Mughal Emperor | |||||
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| 14th Mughal Emperor | |||||
| Reign | 2 June 1754 – 29 November 1759 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ahmad Shah Bahadur | ||||
| Successor | Shah Jahan III | ||||
| Regent |
Imad-ul-Mulk (1754–1756) Najib-ul-Daula (1756–1759) Imad-ul-Mulk (1759) |
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| Born |
6 June 1699 Multan, Mughal Empire |
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| Died | 29 November 1759 (aged 60) Kotla Fateh Shah, Mughal Empire |
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| Burial | Humayun's Tomb | ||||
| Spouse | Sayyid Begum Zinat Mahal Faiz Bakht Begum Azizabadi Mahal Latifa Begum Zinat Afraz Begum Aurangabadi Mahal |
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| Issue |
Mirza Abdullah Ali Gouhar a.k.a. Shah Alam II Mirza Muhammad Ali Asghar Bahadur Mirza Muhammad Harun Hidayat Bakhsh Bahadur Mirza Tali Murad Shah Bahadur Mirza Jamiyat Shah Bahadur Mirza Muhammad Himmat Shah Bahadur Mirza Ahsan-ud-Din Muhammad Bahadur Mirza Mubarak Shah Bahadur 12 daughters including: < Zuhra Begum |
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| Dynasty | mughal empire | ||||
| Father | Jahandar Shah | ||||
| Mother | Saira Begum | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
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| Aziz-ud-din Alamgir II |
Aziz-ud-din Alamgir II (6 June 1699 – 29 November 1759), (عالمگير ثانی) was the Mughal Emperor of India from 3 June 1754 to 29 November 1759. He was the son of Jahandar Shah.
Aziz-ud-Din, the second son of Jahandar Shah, was raised to the throne by Imad-ul-Mulk after he deposed Ahmad Shah Bahadur in 1754. On ascending the throne, he took the title of Alamgir and tried to follow the approach of Aurangzeb Alamgir. At the time of his accession to throne he was an old man of 55 years. He had no experience of administration and warfare as he had spent most of his life in jail. He was a weak ruler, with all powers vested in the hand of his vizier, Ghazi-ud-Din Imad-ul-Mulk.
In 1756, Ahmad Shah Abdali invaded India once again and captured Delhi and plundered Mathura. Marathas became more powerful because of their collaboration with Imad-ul-Mulk, and dominated the whole of northern India. This was the peak of Maratha expansion, which caused great trouble for the Mughal Empire, already weak with no strong ruler. Relations between Alamgir II and his usurping vizier, Imad-ul-Mulk had now deteriorated. He was murdered by Imad-ul-Mulk. Alamgir II's son Ali Gauhar escaped persecution from Delhi, while Shah Jahan III was placed on the throne.
He was born on 6 June 1699 at Multan and was the second son of Maaz-ud-Din, the son of future Emperor Bahadur Shah I. Alamgir II was 7 when his great-grandfather Aurangzeb died in the Deccan during a campaign fighting the Marathas. He married his cousin, Princess Sayyid Banu Begum, the daughter of his uncle, Rafi-ush-Shan, on 8 April 1712.
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