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Ahmad Shah Bahadur
Padishah Al-Sultan Al-Azam
Ahmad Shah enthroned, c. 1751
14th Mughal Emperor
Reign
29 April 1748 – 2 June 1754
Predecessor
Muhammad Shah
Successor
Alamgir II
Regent
Nawab Bahadur
Viziers
Safdar Jung (1748 – 1753)
Imad-ul-Mulk (1753 – 1754)
Born
Mirza Ahmed Shah 23 December 1725 Delhi, Mughal Empire
Died
1775 (aged 49) Delhi, Mughal Empire
Burial
c. 1775
Moti Masjid, Mehrauli, Delhi, India
Spouses
Inayetpuri Bai[1]
Sarfaraz Mahal[1]
Rani Uttam Kumari[1]
Issue
Jahan Shah IV[1]
Muhtaram-un-Nissa Begum[2]
Dil Afruz Banu Begum[1]
Names
Mirza Abu-Nasir Mujahid ud-din Muhammad Ahmad Shah Bahadur Ghazi
House
House of Babur
Dynasty
Timurid dynasty
Father
Muhammad Shah
Mother
Qudsia Begum
Religion
Sunni Islam (Hanafi)
Military career
Battles/wars
Battle of Manupur (1748)
Battle of Delhi (1753)
Mughal emperors
Babur
1526–1530
Humayun (first reign)
1530–1540
Humayun (second reign)
1555–1556
Akbar I
1556–1605
Jahangir I
1605–1627
Shahriyar (de facto)
1627–1628
Shah Jahan I
1628–1658
Aurangzeb (Alamgir I)
1658–1707
Azam Shah
1707
Bahadur Shah I (Shah Alam I)
1707–1712
Jahandar Shah
1712–1713
Farrukh-Siyar
1713–1719
Rafi-ud-Darajat
1719
Rafi-ud-Daulah (Shah Jahan II)
1719
Muhammad Shah
1719–1748
Ahmad Shah
1748–1754
Alamgir II
1754–1759
Shah Jahan III
1759–1760
Shah Alam II (first reign)
1760–1788
Mahmud Shah (Shah Jahan IV)
1788
Shah Alam II (second reign)
1788–1806
Akbar II
1806–1837
Bahadur Shah II
1837–1857
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Ahmad Shah Bahadur, also known as Mirza Ahmad Shah or Mujahid-ud-Din Ahmad Shah Ghazi[3] (23 December 1725 – 1775), was the fourteenth Mughal emperor, born to Emperor Muhammad Shah. He succeeded his father to the throne in 1748, at the age of 22. When Ahmed Shah Bahadur came to power, the Mughal Empire started to decline. Furthermore, his administrative weakness eventually led to the rise of the usurping Imad-ul-Mulk.
As a Prince, he defeated Ahmed Shah Abdali in the Battle of Manupur in 1748, Ahmed Shah Bahadur inherited a much weakened Mughal state as emperor for six years, but left all affairs of state to rivalling factions. He was deposed by the Vizier Imad-ul-Mulk and later blinded along with his mother. He spent the remaining years of his life in prison and died in 1775.
^ abcdeSarkar, Jadunath (1964). "Fall Of The Mughal Empire, Volume 1". Internet Archive. pp. 334–5. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
^Sir Jadunath Sarkar (1966). Fall of the Mughal Empire: 1754-1771 (Panipat) (3 ed.). M. C. Sarkar. p. 89.
^Sharma, S. R. (4 May 1999). Mughal Empire in India: A Systematic Study Including Source Material. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. ISBN 9788171568192 – via Google Books.
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