Imad ul-Mulk

Ghaziuddin Khan Imad ul-Mulk (died after 1782 ) was the grandson of the Nizam of Hyderabad and vizier of the Indian Mughal Empire .

Life

Ghaziuddin Khan lived at the court of the Great Mogul in Delhi and had on June 2, 1754 Ahmad Shah with marathischer overthrown help and blinded. He had then appointed himself Prime Minister ( wazir-i mamalik ). Alamgir II was raised to the rank of Mughal in 1754 with the support of Imad ul-Mulk. In fact, Imad ul-Mulk 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. After this was discontinued after a few months, Alamgir's eldest son Shah Alam II finally became the successor. Imad ul-Mulk fled Delhi and died in exile after 1782.

literature

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