Shah alam ii biography
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Shah Alam II
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| Shah Alam II | |||
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Shah Alam fend for his bright, by Khairallah c.&#; | |||
| First reign | 10 October – 31 July | ||
| Predecessor | Shah Jahan III | ||
| Successor | Jahan Shah | ||
| Second reign | 16 Oct – 19 November | ||
| Predecessor | Jahan Shah | ||
| Successor | Akbar II | ||
| Born | Mirza Ali Gauhar ()25 June Shahjahanabad, Delhi Subah, Mughal Imperium (present-day Notice Delhi, City, India) | ||
| Died | 19 Nov () (aged&#;78) Shahjahanabad, Delhi Subah, Mughal Empire | ||
| Burial | Moti Masjid, Mehrauli, Delhi, India | ||
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| House | House defer to Babur | ||
| Dynasty | Timurid dynasty | ||
| Father | Alamgir II | ||
| Mother | Zinat Mahal | ||
| Religion | Sunni Islam(Hanafi) | ||
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| Battles / wars | Third Struggle against of Panipat Bengal War Battle observe Delhi () Battle of Buxar Battle of City () Battle a choice of Delhi () Siege of City () | ||
Shah Alam II (Persian pronunciation:[ʃɑːhʔɑː.ˈlam]; 25 June – 19 Nov ), likewise known induce his parturition name Ali Gohar, unprivileged Ali Gauhar, was rendering seventeenth Mughal emperor splendid the odd thing of Alamgir II.[16] Monarch Alam II became picture emperor o
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Shah Alam II () Prince Ali Gauhar, afterwards Emperor Shah Alam II, had been the heir apparent of his father, Emperor Azizuddin Alamgir II. Alamgir's unscrupulous minister (Wazir), Ghaziuddin, had completely dominated the emperor and kept Ali Gauhar under surveillance. After an escape from Delhi, Ali Gauhar appeared in the eastern provinces in , hoping to strengthen his position by gaining control over Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
The political disorders in Bengal and the unpopularity of mir jafar raised high hopes in his mind. Mir Jafar was entirely dependent upon British support for maintaining himself on the throne. Shah Alam also asked for British help, but robert clive chose to continue with Mir Jafar. Shah Alam's forces were driven back by the English. Further intrigues of the Wazir at Delhi compelled the prince to seek the protection of the English and ask for a sum of money for his subsistence, and offer, in return, to withdraw from the province. Clive sent about a thousand Pounds, and Shah Alam left Bengal.
Thus, the Wazir deprived Shah Alam of the title of Subahdar of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. But, upon the assassination of his father by Ghaziuddin in , the prince proclaimed himself emperor, assuming the title of Shah Alam II. The new Mughal emperor, the nominal s
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ʿĀLAM II, SHAH
ʿĀLAM II, SHAH, Mughal emperor (/). Following the assassination of his father, ʿĀlamgīr II, on 4 Jomādā I /24 December , Mīrzā ʿAbdallāh ʿAlī Gowhar claimed the throne and adopted the name Abu’l-Moẓaffar Jalāl-al-dīn Moḥammad Shah ʿĀlam II. He was heir to a declining empire that was challenged by various ethnic groups in northern India and by the British in the east. His defeat at the battle of Baksar in Rabīʿ II, /October, , in his third attempt to dislodge the British from Bihar and Bengal resulted in the unquestioned supremacy of the East India Company over the eastern provinces. For many years he lived as a British pensioner in Allahabad, but in Ramażān, /December, he managed to return to Delhi. In Rabīʿ I, /July, , General Lake took over Delhi under the pretense of ensuring Shah ʿĀlam’s personal safety, thus ending the myth of Mughal rule.
Various taḏkeras record that while in Allahabad Shah ʿĀlam kept himself busy with artistic and literary pursuits. With the taḵalloṣ of Āftāb, Shah ʿĀlam, and sometimes Ḵoršīd, he wrote poetry in Persian, Urdu, and Hindi. Among his known works are a Persian dīvān and Nāderāt-e šāhī, a collection of Persian, Urdu, and Hindi verses compiled around the year /; its value extends to music,