Shah Jahan III

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Shah Jahan III was a short-reigned and relatively obscure Mughal emperor who briefly occupied the throne in the mid-18th century during the empire’s period of decline.

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Shah Jahan III canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mughal emperor
monarch
authority largely nominal sovereignty
capital Shahjahanabad
conflictContext political instability in the Mughal court
country Mughal Empire
dynasty Timurid dynasty
era decline of the Mughal Empire
father Muhi-us-Sunnat
givenName Muhi-ul-millat
historicalContext 18th-century India
house House of Babur
knownFor being a puppet ruler backed by court factions
notableFor being a relatively obscure Mughal emperor
brief occupation of the Mughal throne
occupation emperor of the Mughal Empire
placeOfReign Delhi
positionHeld Emperor of Hindustan
powerBase court nobility in Delhi
predecessor Alamgir II
regnalName Shah Jahan III
reignDuration short reign
reignEnd 1760
reignStart 1759
relative Ahmad Shah Bahadur
Alamgir II
Muhammad Shah
religion Islam
Sunni Islam
successor Shah Alam II

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Alamgir II successor Shah Jahan III
Alamgir II successor Shah Jahan III
subject linked to: Aziz-ud-Din
Shah Jahan III regnalName Shah Jahan III