Farrukhsiyar

Also known as Furrukhsiyar

Farrukhsiyar (, ; 20 August 1683 – 9 April 1719), also spelled as Farrukh Siyar, was the tenth Mughal Emperor from 1713 to 1719. He rose to the throne after deposing his uncle Jahandar Shah. He was an emperor only in name, with all effective power in the hands of the two courtiers, Sayyid brothers.

Key facts

Royalty.name: Farrukhsiyar فرخ‌سیار
Royalty.image: Muhhamad_Farukhsiyar.jpg
Royalty.caption: Emperor Farrukhsiyar holding a jewel
Royalty.succession: Mughal Emperor
Royalty.reign: 11 January 1713 –
Royalty.predecessor: Jahāndār Shāh
Royalty.successor: Rafī-ud-Darajāt
Royalty.full name: Mirza Abu'l Muzaffar Muīn-ud-dīn Muhammad Shāh Farrukhsiyar Alim Akbar Sāni Wālā Shāh Pādshāh-i-bahr-u-bar
Royalty.posthumous name: Shahid-i-Marhum ()
Royalty.dynasty: Timurid Dynasty
Royalty.house: Mughal Dynasty
Royalty.father: Azīm-ush-Shān
Royalty.mother: Sahiba Niswan
Royalty.birth_place: Aurangabad, Ahmadnagar Subah, Mughal Empire
Royalty.death_place: Shahjahanabad, Delhi, Mughal Empire
Royalty.death_cause: Execution by Immurement
Royalty.burial_place: Humayun's Tomb, Delhi, India
Royalty.religion: Sunni Islam (Hanafi)

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Encyclopedic overview

21 sections

Contents

Early life
Deposing Jahandar Shah
Reign
Hostility towards the Sayyid Brothers
Campaign against Ajmer
Campaign against the Jats
Campaign against the Sikhs
Campaign against rebels at the Indus River
Reimposition of Jizya
Trade concession in Bengal
Final struggle with the Sayyid Brothers
State of the Mughal Empire
Appointments
Personal life
Family
Titles
Coinage
Deposition and death
Legacy
References
Bibliography

== Early life == Muhammad Farrukhsiyar was born on 20 August 1683 (9th Ramzan 1094 AH) in the city of Aurangabad on the Deccan Plateau, to a Kashmiri mother, Sahiba Niswan. He was the second son of Azim-ush-Shan, the grandson of emperor Bahadur Shah I and a great-grandson of emperor Aurangzeb.

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