Alamgir II

Alamgir II (born June 16, 1699 in Multan ; † November 29, 1759 near Delhi ; actually Aziz ad-Din Abul-Adl Muhammad Alamgir ) was emperor of the northern Indian Mughal empire from 1754 until his death . His father was Jahandar Shah (r. 1712-1713).

Life

Aziz ad-Din came to the throne on June 2, 1754 with the support of Ghaziuddin Imad ul-Mulk, grandson of the Nizam of Hyderabad , and took the name Alamgir II, alluding to Aurangzeb Alamgir , whose orthodoxy he had as a model . Imad ul-Mulk had overthrown his predecessor Ahmad Shah with Marathic help and appointed himself prime minister ( wazir-i mamalik ). In fact, he held the affairs of state in his hands, while Alamgir II, as a puppet ruler, was not allowed to leave his palace. In 1757 the Afghan Ahmad Shah Durrani entered Delhi. Imad ul-Mulk fled, but Alamgir II retained his post. He was powerless to face the quarrel between Durrani's prime minister and Imad ul-Mulk, who had allied himself with the Marathas in order to be able to return to Delhi. On November 29, 1759 he fell victim to an assassination attempt by Imad ul-Mulk. His successor was initially Shah Jahan III. , a great-grandson of Aurangzeb, who was deposed after a few months, and finally Alamgir's eldest son Shah Alam II.

literature

• Hans-Georg Behr : The Mughals. Power and splendor of the Indian emperors from 1369–1857 . Econ Verlag, Vienna-Düsseldorf 1979.

predecessor	Office	successor
Ahmad Shah	Mughal Mughal of India 1754–1759	Shah Jahan III.