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18th-century Mughal Empire people
- Rafi ud-DarajatRafi ud-Darajat sat on the Mughal throne for just three months and six days.
- Jahandar ShahMughal emperor Jahandar Shah was handed to his rival by the noble who made him ruler.
- Shah Jahan IIShah Jahan II ruled the Mughal Empire for exactly one hundred and three days in 1719.
- Shah Jahan IIIIn December 1759, the powerful Imad-ul-Mulk put Shah Jahan III on the Mughal throne. Ministers later removed him.
- Asaf-ud-DaulaAsaf-ud-Daula paid penniless nobles to tear down laborers' work at night. It hid their need during the 1784 famine.
- AurangzebAt fourteen, Aurangzeb rode straight at a stampeding war elephant and threw his spear.
- FarrukhsiyarA surgeon's treatment of Emperor Farrukhsiyar led to a trade deal with the British East India Company.
- Alamgir IIAlamgir II spent forty years in prison before becoming Mughal emperor. The vizier who freed him later had him killed.
- Ahmad Shah BahadurAhmad Shah Bahadur became Mughal emperor at twenty-two, unable to read. His father never gave him military training.
- Bahadur Shah IBahadur Shah I became Mughal emperor at 64 after decades of plotting against his father. He ruled five years.
- Shah Alam IIOn August 10, 1788, Ghulam Qadir blinded Mughal emperor Shah Alam II with a knife. He wanted the treasury.
- Muhammad ShahMuhammad Shah was born Roshan Akhtar on the 7th of August 1702 and went on to become the thirteenth Mughal emperor. He ruled from 1719 to 1748. His father was Khujista Akhtar, the fourth son of Bahadur Shah I. He is often called Muhammad…
- Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah IWhen Nader Shah ordered a massacre in Delhi, Nizam-ul-Mulk alone stepped forward to plead for it to end.
- Sawai Jai SinghSawai Jai Singh became a king at eleven with money for only a thousand cavalry.