20 June 1707(1707-06-20) (aged 36) Jajau, near Agra, India
Burial
Humayun's Tomb, Delhi
Spouses
Shams-un-Nisa Begum (Puti Begum)
(m. 1686)
Issue
Muhammad Firuz Bakht
Bidar Dil
Dindar Dil
Said Bakht
Hayatullah
Bakht Afzun Banu Begum
Bakht un-Nissa Begum
Names
Muhammad Bidar Bakht
House
House of Babur
Dynasty
Timurid dynasty
Father
Azam Shah
Mother
Jahanzeb Banu Begum
Religion
Islam (Sunni Muslim)
Muhammad Bidar Bakht (Urdu: مُحمّد بیدار بخت; 4 August 1670 – 20 June 1707) was a Mughal prince. His father, Muhammad Azam Shah, briefly reigned as Mughal emperor in 1707. Bidar was noted for being a gallant, skilful and successful general and was regarded as the most able Mughal prince of his time.[2] He was the favourite grandson of Emperor Aurangzeb.[3]
From the age of seventeen, Bidar held senior military and administrative positions. One of his first actions involved storming Fort Sinsani, which was carried after fierce fighting and heavy losses. Aged nineteen, he led a Mughal force which defeated an invading Maratha army and pursued it for ten days. He was appointed viceroy of Aurangabad and then of Malwa alongside it. He constantly had to suppress uprisings and beat off incursions from neighbouring states. In 1707 Emperor Aurangzeb died and Bidar's father succeeded him; Bidar and his father were killed at the Battle of Jajau against Bidar's uncle.
^Mughal title Mirza, the title of Mirza and not Khan or Padshah, which were the titles of the Mongol rulers.
^Richards, J.F. (1995). Mughal empire (Transferred to digital print. ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 272. ISBN 9780521566032.
^Cite error: The named reference Sarkar1933 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
Muhammad BidarBakht (Urdu: مُحمّد بیدار بخت; 4 August 1670 – 20 June 1707) was a Mughal prince. His father, Muhammad Azam Shah, briefly reigned as Mughal...
of his father on 14 March 1707. However, he and his three sons, BidarBakht, Jawan Bakht and Sikandar Shan, were later defeated and killed by Azam Shah's...
Shah made Bakht the commander of a further 65,000 horsemen and 40,000 infantry. The army was divided into four branches commanded by BidarBakht, Azam Shah...
and their son, Prince BidarBakht. Unfortunately imperial favour poisoned relations between BidarBakht and his father. When Bidar was appointed viceroy...
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quarter, i.e., more capable than one man). When Aurangzeb's grandson BidarBakht deputed Sawai Jai Singh to govern the province of Malwa (1704), Aurangzeb...
brother of Prince Mirza Mughal and former Crown Princes Mirza Dara Bakht, Mirza Jawan Bakht, and Mirza Fath-ul-Mulk Bahadur. In 1858, the Mughal Era officially...
against the Mughal emperors, built Fort Sinsani. It was destroyed by BidarBakht in 1690. </ref> "Sinsini". 2011 Census of India. Government of India...
Alam II was deposed on 30 July 1788 and blinded ten days later. Prince BidarBakht, the son of emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur, was released from the imperial...
imperial army fighting the Jats under BidarBakht. He did a good job on both tasks, although the campaign of BidarBakht in Sinsini was delayed owing to Jat...
Battle of Sanbal. In 1657, the Mughal Army used rockets during the Siege of Bidar. Prince Aurangzeb's forces discharged rockets and grenades while scaling...
ordered to reinforce Bidar, but neither of them arrived at the scene of the first battle. Four miles beyond the fort of Paranda, BidarBakht attacked the Marathas...
November 1806 (aged 78) Delhi, India 18 Shah Jahan IV جهان شاه چهارم BidarBakht Mahmud Shah Bahadur Jahan Shah بیدار بخت محمود شاه بهادر جهان شاہ 1749...
Prince BidarBakht were defeated and killed on 8 June 1707 at the Battle of Jajau by his elder half-brother. some believe that Azam and Bidar got lost...
Jadhav Aurangzeb Shah Alam I (WIA) Azam Shah Prince Kam Bakhsh Prince BidarBakht Asad Khan Zulfiqar Khan Muqarrab Khan Ghazi-ud-Din Khan Asaf Jah I Bahadur...
reign of Emperor Shah Alam II. One of his sons, (Mahmud Shah Bahadur Bidar-Bakht) reigned briefly in 1788 as Shah Jahan IV. His tomb is located in a burial...
prince BidarBakht as the new emperor under the regnal name Nasir-ud-din Muhammad Jahan Shah (r. 31 July 1788 – 11 October 1788). BidarBakht's enthronement...
ordered to return to the court, leaving some of his officers to accompany BidarBakht, who had been ordered to chase Santaji. Several fights occurred, however...
the tomb of Jahan Bano Begum, who was the consort of the Mughal prince BidarBakht. The garden is surrounded by a large wall, with kiosks at its four corners...
later in life, he even recommended the weighing rites to his grandson BidarBakht. He also prohibited inscribing Khutba (Islamic verses) on coins and reimposed...
for usurping his authority in 1788.[citation needed] Born as Prince BidarBakht, he was the eldest surviving child of Emperor Ahmad Shah. Sometime afterwards...
down two silver doors from the Taj Mahal. Aurangzeb appointed Mohammad BidarBakht as commander to crush the Jat rebellion. On 4 July 1688, Raja Ram Jat...
November 1806 (aged 78) Delhi, India 18 Shah Jahan IV جہان شاه چہارم BidarBakht Mahmud Shah Bahadur Jahan Shah بیدار بخت محمود شاه بهادر جہان شاہ 1749...
at Baba Piara ghat. Upon hearing that Aurangzeb had appointed Prince BidarBakht as the next viceroy until the arrival of Ibrahim Khan, the Marathas left...
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