Azim-ush-Shan
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Mirza Azim-ush-Shan (15 December 1664 – 18 March 1712) was the second son of the 8th Mughal Emperor Shah Alam I and his Rathore Rajput wife Amrit Kanwar. He was the great grandson of Shah Jahan and the grandson of Aurangzeb during whose reign he was the imperial subahdar (governor) of Bengal Subah from the year 1697 to his death in 1712.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Azim-ush-Shan
- Royalty.image
- Muhammed_Azim-ush-shan.jpg
- Royalty.title
- Mirza
- Royalty.caption
- Azim-ush-Shan holding a jewelled sarpech
- Royalty.birth_name
- Muhammad Azim-ud-Din
- Royalty.succession
- Subahdar of Bengal
- Royalty.reign
- 22 September 1697 – 18 March 1712
- Royalty.regent
- AurangzebAzam ShahBahadur Shah I
- Royalty.reg type
- Monarch
- Royalty.predecessor
- Ibrahim Khan II
- Royalty.successor
- Murshid Quli Khan
- Royalty.birth_place
- Agra Fort, Agra Subah, Mughal Empire
- Royalty.death_place
- Ravi River, Kangra, Mughal Empire
- Royalty.burial_place
- Humayun's Tomb, Delhi, India
- Royalty.full name
- Sultan Azhar-ud-Din Muhammad Azim Mirza Azim-ush-Shan Bahadur
- Royalty.house
- Mughal dynasty
- Royalty.father
- Shah Alam I
- Royalty.mother
- Amrit Kanwar
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Agra Fort
- Place of death
- Agra
- Child
- Farrukhsiyar
- Father
- Bahadur Shah I
- Sibling
- Jahan Shah
- Religion
- Islam
- Family
- Mughal Empire
- Image
- Azim ush-Shan on the imperial throne receives the investiture of Khizr ca. 1712 Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1664-12-15
- date of death
- 1712-03-18
- cause of death
- execution by drowning
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- Azim us-Shan
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Reign
- Personal life
- Ancestry
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- References
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Mirza Azim-ush-Shan (15 December 1664 – 18 March 1712) was the second son of the 8th Mughal Emperor Shah Alam I and his Rathore Rajput wife Amrit Kanwar. He was the great grandson of Shah Jahan and the grandson of Aurangzeb during whose reign he was the imperial subahdar (governor) of Bengal Subah from the year 1697 to his death in 1712.
==Reign== thumb|left|Coin of Azim-us-Shaan In 1697, Azim-ush-Shan was appointed the viceroy of Bengal Subah, Bihar and Odisha by Emperor Aurangzeb. Shortly afterwards, he took successful military initiative against Rahim Khan. Azim gave the East India Company permission to build Fort William in Calcutta (presently Kolkata) in 1696. Using Mughal permission, the Dutch also built Fort Gustavas in Chinsura and the French built Fort Orleans in Chandernagore (presently Chandannagar).
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