Jahandar Shah

Jahandar Shah
Padishah
Al-Sultan Al-Azam
Portrait of Jahandar Shah, c.1712, currently held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England
Emperor of Hindustan
Reign29 March 1712 – 11 February 1713
Coronation29 March 1712
PredecessorShah Alam I
SuccessorFarrukh Siyar
BornMirza Mu'izz-ud-Din Beg Muhammad Khan
(1661-05-10)10 May 1661
Deccan, Mughal Empire
Died11 February 1713(1713-02-11) (aged 51)
Delhi, Mughal Empire
Burial
Spouses
    Sayyid-un-Nissa Begum
    (m. 1684)
      (m. 1676)
    Issue
    Names
    Mīrzā Mu'izz-ud-Dīn Muhammad Jahāndār Shāh Bahādur
    Posthumous name
    Khuld Aramgah (lit.'Peaceful in paradise'')
    HouseHouse of Babur
    DynastyTimurid dynasty
    FatherShah Alam I
    MotherNizam Bai
    ReligionSunni Islam (Hanafi)

    Jahandar Shah (Mirza Mu'izz-ud-Din Beg Muhammad Khan; 10 May 1661 – 11 February 1713) was briefly the ninth Mughal emperor from 1712 to 1713. He was the son of Emperor Bahadur Shah I, and the grandson of Emperor Aurangzeb.

    Jahandar Shah was the first puppet ruler of the Mughal dynasty, having been placed on the throne by powerful noble Zulfiqar Khan. His reign was short and turbulent, lasting more than a year. He was deposed by the Sayyid brothers and succeeded by his nephew Farrukhsiyar.