Jahan Shah (Mughal Emperor)
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Padishah Al-Sultan Al-Azam | |||||||||
Portrait by Ghulam Ali Khan | |||||||||
| 18th Mughal Emperor | |||||||||
| Reign | 31 July – 11 October 1788 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Shah Alam II | ||||||||
| Successor | Shah Alam II | ||||||||
| Born | Mahmud Shah Bahadur 1749 Red Fort, Delhi, Mughal Empire (now in India) | ||||||||
| Died | 1790 (aged 40–41) Shahjahanabad, Delhi, Mughal Empire | ||||||||
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| House | House of Babur | ||||||||
| Dynasty | Timurid dynasty | ||||||||
| Father | Ahmad Shah | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam (Hanafi) | ||||||||
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Bidar Bakht Mahmud Shah Bahadur, also known by his regnal name Jahan Shah, was the eighteenth Mughal emperor for a brief period in 1788 after Shah Alam II was deposed by Ghulam Kadir, Mahmud Shah Bahadur was the son of a former Mughal Emperor, Ahmad Shah Bahadur. He himself became emperor for a brief period in 1788 as a puppet of Ghulam Kadir, after Shah Alam II had been deposed and blinded. He was allegedly put to death in 1790 by order of Shah Alam II, supposedly for usurping his authority in 1788.