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{{short description|Eleventh Mughal Emperor}}
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| name = Rafi ud-Darajat <br/> {{nq|رفیع الدرجات}}
| name         = Rafi-ud-Darajat <br> رفیع الدین درجات
| title =
| title       = [[Padishah]] <br> [[Imperial and royal titles of the Mughal emperors|Al-Sultan Al-Azam]]
| image = Emperor Rafi Uddar Jat.jpg
| image       = Rafi ud-Darajat of India (cropped).jpg
| image_size =  
| image_size   =  
| succession = 11th [[Mughal emperors|Mughal Emperor]]
| succession   = 11th [[Mughal Emperor]]
| reign = 28 February – 6 June 1719
| reign       = 28 February – 6 June 1719
| coronation =
| coronation   =  
| predecessor= [[Farrukhsiyar]]
| predecessor = [[Farrukhsiyar]]
| successor = [[Shah Jahan II]]
| successor   = [[Shah Jahan II]]
| regent = [[Syed Brothers]] (1719)
| spouse       = Inayat Banu Begum
| spouse = Inayat Banu Begum
| issue       =  
| issue =  
| full name   = Mirza Abu'l Barakat Shams-ud-Din Muhammad Rafi ud-Darajat Padshah Ghazi Shahanshah-i-Bahr-u-Bar
| full name = Abu'l Barakat Shams-ud-Din Muhammad Rafi ud-Darajat Padshah Ghazi Shahanshah-i-Bahr-u-Bar
| house       = [[Mughal dynasty|House of Babur]]
| house = [[Mughal dynasty|Mughal]]
| father       = [[Rafi-ush-Shan]]
| father = [[Rafi-ush-Shan]]
| mother       = Nur-un-Nisa Begum
| mother = Razyiat-un-Nissa Begum
| birth_date   = {{birth date|df=yes|1699|12|1}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1699|12|1}}
| birth_place = [[Mughal Empire]]
| birth_place =
| death_date   = {{death date and age|df=yes|1719|06|06|1699|12|1}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1719|06|06|1699|12|1}}
| death_place = [[Agra]], [[Mughal Empire]]
| death_place = [[Agra]]
| place of burial = Mausoleum of Khwaja Qutbuddin Kaki, [[Delhi]]
| place of burial = Mausoleum of Khwaja Qutbuddin Kaki, [[Delhi]]
| religion = [[Sunni Islam]]
| religion     = [[Sunni Islam]] {{small|([[Hanafi]])}}
|}}
| dynasty      = [[File:Timurid.svg|25px]] [[Timurid dynasty]]|
}}
{{Mughal}}
{{Mughal}}
'''Rafi ud-Darajat''' ({{lang-fa|{{Nastaliq|رفیع الدرجات}}}})  
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(1 December 1699 – 6 June 1719), the youngest son of [[Rafi-ush-Shan]] and the nephew of [[Azim ush Shan]], was the eleventh [[Mughal Emperor]]. [[Ajit Singh of Marwar|Ajit Singh]] of Marwar placed him on the throne after assassinating [[Furrukhsiyar]].
'''Mirza Rafi ud-Darajat''' ([[Persian language|Persian]]: میرزا رفیع الدین درجات) ({{IPA-fa|rafi ʊdard͡ʒɑːt}}); 1 December 1699 – 6 June 1719), the youngest son of [[Rafi-ush-Shan]] and the nephew of [[Azim-ush-Shan]] and a grandson of [[Bahadur Shah I]], was the eleventh [[Mughal Emperor]].  
 
He was placed on the throne by the [[Sayyid brothers]] after they deposed, blinded, imprisoned and executed emperor [[Farrukhsiyar]] with the help of [[Ajit Singh of Marwar|Maharaja Ajit Singh]] and the Marathas in 1719.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rz16lub2uRgC |title=Mohammad Yasin |date=1958 |publisher=Upper India Publishing House |page=18}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Krishna S. Dhir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jVx6EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA120 |title=The Wonder That Is Urdu |date=2022 |isbn=9788120843011 |page=120}}</ref>


==Reign==
==Reign==
 
[[File:Mogul- Rafi-ud-Darjat - Münzkabinett, Berlin - 5548781.jpg|thumb|Coin of Rafi-ud-Darjat|left]]
===Role of Maharaja AjIt Singh and Syed Brothers===
=== Syed Brothers===
As previous emperor [[Furrukhsiyar]] was deposed by [[Ajit Singh of Marwar|Ajit Singh]] of Marwar.                    Rafi ud-Darajat owed his throne to Ajit Singh and the Syed Brothers took full advantage of this. They wanted him to be a puppet ruler and so took steps to curtail his power.
Rafi ud-Darajat owed his throne to the Sayyid brothers - [[Sayyid Hassan Ali Khan Barha]] and [[Sayyid Hussain Ali Khan Barha]] - who had deposed emperor Farrukhsiyar with the help of Ajit Singh and the Marathas in 1719 and made themselves ''badishahgar'' (kingmakers). His short reign would be as a [[puppet ruler]] to the brothers.  


===Rival claim to throne===
===Rival claim to throne===
The reign of Rafi ud-Darajat was one of turbulence. On 18 May 1719, less than three months after his own accession, Rafi ud-Darajat's uncle, [[Neku Siyar|Nekusiyar]], assumed the throne at the [[Agra Fort]] as he thought he was more eligible for the post.
The reign of Rafi ud-Darajat was one of turbulence. On 18 May 1719, less than three months after his own accession, Rafi ud-Darajat's uncle, [[Neku Siyar|Nekusiyar]], assumed the Mughal throne at the [[Agra Fort]] as he thought he was more eligible for the post.


The [[Syed Brothers]] were extremely determined to defend the emperor they had raised to the throne and punish the offender. They swiftly succeeded. Only three months after [[Neku Siyar|Nekusiyar's]] enthronement, the fort surrendered and Nekusiyar was captured. He was respectfully received by the ''Amir ul-Umara'' and confined at ''Salimgarh'' where he died in 1723.
The Sayyid brothers determined to defend the emperor they had raised to the throne and punish the offender retook the fort within three months and captured Nekusiyar. He would be respectfully received by the ''Amir ul-Umara'' and confined at the [[Salimgarh Fort]] where he died in 1723.


==Death==
==Death and succession==
Before dying, Rafi ud-Darajat requested that his elder brother be enthroned. Accordingly, on 6 June 1719, after a reign of 3 months and six days, he was dethroned. Two days later his brother, [[Rafi ud-Daulah]], was enthroned. Rafi ud-Darajat died of [[Tuberculosis]] or was murdered at Agra, 6 June 1719. His remains were interred near the shrine of Sufi saint Khawaja [[Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki]] at [[Mehrauli]] in [[Delhi]].
Before dying, Rafi ud-Darajat had requested that his older brother [[Rafi ud-Daulah]] be enthroned. Rafi ud-Darajat died on 6 June 1719, either of [[tuberculosis]] or was murderered, serving as emperor for three months and six days. He was succeeded by Rafi ud-Daulah as emperor '''Shah Jahan II''' two days later. His remains were interred near the shrine of Sufi saint Khawaja [[Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki]] at [[Mehrauli]] in [[Delhi]].


==Ancestry==
==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Rafi ud-Darajat'''
|1= 1. '''Rafi ud-Darajat'''
|2= 2. [[Rafi-ush-Shan]]
|2= 2. [[Rafi-ush-Shan]]
|3= 3. Razyiat-un-Nissa Begum
|3= 3.Nur-un-Nissa Begum
|4= 4. [[Bahadur Shah I|Qutb-ud-din Muhammad Bahadur Shah I, Mughal Emperor]]
|4= 4. [[Bahadur Shah I|Qutb-ud-din Muhammad Bahadur Shah I, Mughal Emperor]]
|5= 5. [[Nur-un-Nissa Begum]]
|5= 5. [[Nur-un-Nissa Begum]]
|6= 6. [[Muhammad Akbar (Mughal prince)|Muhammad Akbar]]
|6= 6. Shaikh Baqi
|7=
|7=
|8= 8. [[Aurangzeb|Muhi-ud-din Muhammad Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor]] (= 12)
|8= 8. [[Aurangzeb|Muhi-ud-din Muhammad Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor]]
|9= 9. [[Nawab Bai]]
|9= 9. [[Nawab Bai]]
|10= 10. Mirza Sanjar
|10= 10. Mirza Sanjar
|11= 11. Zinat-i-Alam Begum
|11= 11. Zinat-i-Alam Begum
|12= 12. [[Aurangzeb|Muhi-ud-din Muhammad Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor]] (= 8)
|12=  
|13= 13. [[Dilras Banu Begum]]
|13=  
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|14=
|15= }}
|15= }}
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/misc/mughal.html Mughal dynasty genealogy]
*[http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/misc/mughal.html Mughal dynasty genealogy]
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Revision as of 09:16, 22 July 2023


Rafi-ud-Darajat
رفیع الدین درجات
Padishah
Al-Sultan Al-Azam
11th Mughal Emperor
Reign28 February – 6 June 1719
PredecessorFarrukhsiyar
SuccessorShah Jahan II
Born(1699-12-01)1 December 1699
Mughal Empire
Died6 June 1719(1719-06-06) (aged 19)
Agra, Mughal Empire
Burial
Mausoleum of Khwaja Qutbuddin Kaki, Delhi
SpouseInayat Banu Begum
Names
Mirza Abu'l Barakat Shams-ud-Din Muhammad Rafi ud-Darajat Padshah Ghazi Shahanshah-i-Bahr-u-Bar
HouseHouse of Babur
Dynasty Timurid dynasty
FatherRafi-ush-Shan
MotherNur-un-Nisa Begum
ReligionSunni Islam (Hanafi)
Mughal emperors
Babur 1526–1530
Humayun (first reign) 1530–1540
Humayun (second reign) 1555–1556
Akbar 1556–1605
Jahangir 1605–1627
Shahryar Mirza (de facto) 1627–1628
Shah Jahan 1628–1658
Alamgir I (Aurangzeb) 1658–1707
Muhammad Azam Shah 1707
Bahadur Shah I 1707–1712
Jahandar Shah 1712–1713
Farrukhsiyar 1713–1719
Rafi ud-Darajat 1719
Shah Jahan II 1719
Muhammad Shah 1719–1748
Ahmad Shah Bahadur 1748–1754
Alamgir II 1754–1759
Shah Jahan III 1759–1760
Shah Alam II (first reign) 1760–1788
Jahan Shah IV 1788
Shah Alam II (second reign) 1788–1806
Akbar II 1806–1837
Bahadur Shah II 1837–1857

Mirza Rafi ud-Darajat (Persian: میرزا رفیع الدین درجات) (Template:IPA-fa); 1 December 1699 – 6 June 1719), the youngest son of Rafi-ush-Shan and the nephew of Azim-ush-Shan and a grandson of Bahadur Shah I, was the eleventh Mughal Emperor.

He was placed on the throne by the Sayyid brothers after they deposed, blinded, imprisoned and executed emperor Farrukhsiyar with the help of Maharaja Ajit Singh and the Marathas in 1719.[1][2]

Reign

Coin of Rafi-ud-Darjat

Syed Brothers

Rafi ud-Darajat owed his throne to the Sayyid brothers - Sayyid Hassan Ali Khan Barha and Sayyid Hussain Ali Khan Barha - who had deposed emperor Farrukhsiyar with the help of Ajit Singh and the Marathas in 1719 and made themselves badishahgar (kingmakers). His short reign would be as a puppet ruler to the brothers.

Rival claim to throne

The reign of Rafi ud-Darajat was one of turbulence. On 18 May 1719, less than three months after his own accession, Rafi ud-Darajat's uncle, Nekusiyar, assumed the Mughal throne at the Agra Fort as he thought he was more eligible for the post.

The Sayyid brothers determined to defend the emperor they had raised to the throne and punish the offender retook the fort within three months and captured Nekusiyar. He would be respectfully received by the Amir ul-Umara and confined at the Salimgarh Fort where he died in 1723.

Death and succession

Before dying, Rafi ud-Darajat had requested that his older brother Rafi ud-Daulah be enthroned. Rafi ud-Darajat died on 6 June 1719, either of tuberculosis or was murderered, serving as emperor for three months and six days. He was succeeded by Rafi ud-Daulah as emperor Shah Jahan II two days later. His remains were interred near the shrine of Sufi saint Khawaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki at Mehrauli in Delhi.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Rafi ud-Darajat
8. Muhi-ud-din Muhammad Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor
4. Qutb-ud-din Muhammad Bahadur Shah I, Mughal Emperor
9. Nawab Bai
2. Rafi-ush-Shan
10. Mirza Sanjar
5. Nur-un-Nissa Begum
11. Zinat-i-Alam Begum
1. Rafi ud-Darajat
6. Shaikh Baqi
3.Nur-un-Nissa Begum

References

  1. ↑ Mohammad Yasin. Upper India Publishing House. 1958. p. 18.
  2. ↑ Krishna S. Dhir (2022). The Wonder That Is Urdu. p. 120. ISBN 9788120843011.

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Rafi ud-Darajat
Preceded by
Furrukhsiyar 		Mughal Emperor
1719 		Succeeded by
Shah Jahan II
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