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In 1788 the Rohilla chieftain, [[Ghulam Kadir|Ghulam Qadir]] usurped power in Delhi and began subjecting the reigning Mughal Emperor [[Shah Alam II]] to verbal, physical and psychological abuse. To find a legitimate means of doing such acts, and due to the machinations of the former Empress [[Badshah Begum]] the emperor was deposed and Prince Mahmud Shah was enthroned as Nasir ud din Muhammad Jahan Shah on 31 July 1788. | In 1788 the Rohilla chieftain, [[Ghulam Kadir|Ghulam Qadir]] usurped power in Delhi and began subjecting the reigning Mughal Emperor [[Shah Alam II]] to verbal, physical and psychological abuse. To find a legitimate means of doing such acts, and due to the machinations of the former Empress [[Badshah Begum]] the emperor was deposed and Prince Mahmud Shah was enthroned as Nasir ud din Muhammad Jahan Shah on 31 July 1788. | ||
His reign was a titular one. On the day of his accession the whole Red Fort Palace was ransacked by Ghulam Qadir's men. Cruelties and torture were later on perpetrated on the whole [[Timurid dynasty|Timurid]] family, sparing not even Badshah Begum or the new emperor. Porters carrying water for the deposed monarch were stopped and rebuked by the Rohilla. Finally, the arrival of [[Mahadji Shinde]]'s troops forced Ghulam Qadir to flee, who took the emperor with him. He was subsequently deposed by the Shinde after the conquest of Delhi, on 16 October 1788, in favor of Shah Alam II. Gulam Qadir took him to Mirat where, in desperation at his failures, he threatened to execute the hapless prince and other captives from the Imperial family that he had taken with him but was prevented from doing so by his own bodyguard, Manyar Singh. Thence the Rohilla fled leaving behind the captive princes. When Mirat was captured by Shinde's forces on 18 December, Mahmud Shah was once more imprisoned in the Salimgarh Fort.<ref>{{cite book |title=Fall of the Mughal Empire Vol. 4 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32029 |last=Sarkar |first=Jadunath }}</ref> | His reign was a titular one. On the day of his accession the whole Red Fort Palace was ransacked by Ghulam Qadir's men. Cruelties and torture were later on perpetrated on the whole [[Timurid dynasty|Timurid]] family, sparing not even Badshah Begum or the new emperor. Porters carrying water for the deposed monarch were stopped and rebuked by the Rohilla. Finally, the arrival of [[Mahadji Shinde]]'s troops forced Ghulam Qadir to flee, who took the emperor with him. He was subsequently deposed by the Shinde after the conquest of Delhi, on 16 October 1788, in favor of Shah Alam II. Gulam Qadir took him to Mirat where, in desperation at his failures, he threatened to execute the hapless prince and other captives from the Imperial family that he had taken with him but was prevented from doing so by his own bodyguard, Manyar Singh. Thence the Rohilla fled leaving behind the captive princes. When Mirat was captured by Shinde's forces on 18 December, Mahmud Shah was once more imprisoned in the Salimgarh Fort.<ref>{{cite book |title=Fall of the Mughal Empire Vol. 4 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.32029 |last=Sarkar |first=Jadunath }}</ref> | ||
He died in 1790, allegedly on the orders of Shah Alam II for his role in the 1788 | He died in 1790, allegedly on the orders of Shah Alam II for his role in the 1788 disturbances. He left behind two daughters. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||