Nur-ud-Din Muhammad Salim (original name)

Bahadur Shah II
1837-1857 Akbar II
son of Akber

1806-1837 Zanjir-i-Adal - Chain of Justice (at Agra Fort)

Shah Alam II
1759-1806 Married - Mihar-un-nisa (In 1611)
Alamgir II
Invasion of Nadir Shah (1739)
Muhammad Shah 1754-1759 title - Nurjahan, Padshah Begum
Ahmed Shah
Known as - Rangeela 1719-1748
1748-1754 widow of Sher Afghan, a (Persian) nobleman of
Bengal
become king - help of Sayyid Brother
Farrukh Siyar exercised tremendous influence over the state
affairs
Sayyid Brother killed him with the help of 1713-1719
Marathas
Caption William Hawkins (representative of
East India Company) - mansab of 400 (In 1608)
become king - help of Zulfikar Khan Jahangir
Jahandar Shah Britishers came to his court
1605-1627 Sir Thomas Roe (ambassador of king James I of
abolished Jaziya 1712-1713 England) (In 1615)

granted permission to the English to establish

a trading port at Surat
Original name - Shah Alam I
Bahadur Shah I
1707-1712 captured - Ahmadnagar, Malik Amber Mother - Jagat Gosai
(abyssinian) ceded him the territory of
Balaghat known for his Deccan & Foreign Policies

defeated Dara at Dharmat, Samugarh & Deorai

killed - (5th Sikh guru) Arjun Dev built - Diwan-i-Aam & Diwan-i-Khas (Peacock
(in 1658)
thrown)
Prince Khurram (Shahjahan) & Mahavat Khan
Title - Alamgir
revolted against him defeated Portuguese (in 1632)

captured Guru Teg Bahadur, (9th Guru of Mughal Empire wrote - Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri (in Persian) annexed Ahmadnagar (in 1637)
Sikhs) (in 1675) and executed him when he
refused to embrace Islam.
buried in Lahore Bijapur & Golconda accepted his Suzereinity
During the first 23 years of the rule 1658-81
concentrated on North India traveler - Bernier & Tavernier (French) Nicoli
Manucci (Italian)
Aurangzeb Shahjahan
annexed Bijapur (in 1686)
1658-1707 1628-1658 Peter Mundi - (described the famine) that
annexed Golconda (in 1686) occured during his time

appointed Muhtasibs (Religious officers) known for Promotion of art, culture &
Suba (Province) - Suvedar / Nizam architecture

Fatwa-i-Alamgiri - digest of Muslim laws

Sarkar (District) - Fauzdar, Amalguzar
(Revenue collector)
re-introduced Jaziya
Administration
Pargana (Taluka) - Siqdar, Quanago (Revenue
died in 1707 , buried at Khuldabed Daulatabad collector)
called Zinda Pir (living saint) - Gram (Village) - Muquaddam (headman)
Built - Red Fort, Jama Masjid & Taj Mahal
his failing health set off the war of succession
among his four sons (in 1657)
Aurangzeb (victor) - crowned himself in July
1658

died in 1666, buried at Taj, Agra