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{{short description|Sixteenth Mughal Emperor}}
{{short description|Sixteenth Mughal Emperor}}
{{Infobox royalty
{{Infobox royalty
| succession        = 16th [[Mughal Emperor]]
| succession        = 16th [[Mughal emperors|Mughal Emperor]]
| reign              = 10 December 1759 – 10 October 1760
| reign              = 10 December 1759 – 10 October 1760
| coronation        =  
| coronation        =  
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| issue              = Mirza Sa'adat Bakht Bahadur<br/>Mirza Ikram Bahadur
| issue              = Mirza Sa'adat Bakht Bahadur<br/>Mirza Ikram Bahadur
| spouse            = Sadat Begum
| spouse            = Sadat Begum
| royal house        = [[Timurid dynasty|Timurid]]
| royal house        = [[Mughal dynasty|Mughal]]
| father            = [[Muhi us-Sunnat]]
| father            = [[Muhi us-Sunnat]]
| mother            = Rushqimi Begum
| mother            = Rushqimi Begum
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|image=Shah Jahan III of India.jpg}}
|image=Shah Jahan III of India.jpg}}
{{Mughal}}
{{Mughal}}
'''Shah Jahan III''' (1711 – 1772), ('''شاه جہاں ۳''') also known as '''Muhi-ul-millat''' was Mughal Emperor briefly. He was the son of Muhi-us-sunnat, the eldest son of [[Muhammad Kam Bakhsh]] who was the youngest son of [[Aurangzeb]]. He was also called Akabar-II. He was placed on the Mughal throne in December 1759 as a result of the intricacies in Delhi with the help of [[Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung III|Imad-ul-Mulk]]. He was later deposed by Maratha Sardars.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=d1wUgKKzawoC&pg=PA140&lpg=PA140 Jaswant Lal Mehta, Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813, p.140]</ref>
'''Shah Jahan III''' (1711 – 1772), ('''شاه جہاں ۳''') also known as '''Muhi-ul-millat''' was Mughal Emperor briefly. He was the son of [[Muhi us-Sunnat]], the eldest son of [[Muhammad Kam Bakhsh]] who was the youngest son of [[Aurangzeb]]. He was placed on the Mughal throne in December 1759 as a result of the intricacies in Delhi with the help of [[Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung III|Imad-ul-Mulk]]. He was later deposed by Maratha chiefs.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=d1wUgKKzawoC&pg=PA140&lpg=PA140 Jaswant Lal Mehta, Advanced Study in the History of Modern India 1707-1813, p.140]</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 14:34, 30 June 2021

Shah Jahan III
16th Mughal Emperor
Reign10 December 1759 – 10 October 1760
PredecessorAlamgir II
SuccessorShah Alam II
Born1711
Died1772 (aged 60–61)
SpouseSadat Begum
IssueMirza Sa'adat Bakht Bahadur
Mirza Ikram Bahadur
Names
Muhi-ul-Millat Shah Jahan III
HouseMughal
FatherMuhi us-Sunnat
MotherRushqimi Begum
ReligionIslam

Shah Jahan III (1711 – 1772), (شاه جہاں ۳) also known as Muhi-ul-millat was Mughal Emperor briefly. He was the son of Muhi us-Sunnat, the eldest son of Muhammad Kam Bakhsh who was the youngest son of Aurangzeb. He was placed on the Mughal throne in December 1759 as a result of the intricacies in Delhi with the help of Imad-ul-Mulk. He was later deposed by Maratha chiefs.[1]

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Preceded by
Alamgir II
Mughal Emperor
10 December 1759 – 10 October 1760
Succeeded by
Shah Alam II

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