Ruler · 1725 – 1775

Ahmad Shah Bahadur

Lived 1725 – 1775; politician. Mughal emperor of Mughal Empire, 1748 – 1754.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1725 – 1775; 50 years
In office: 6 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Mughal Empire
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

Mughal emperor

Mughal Empire · the 15th of 22 dated reigns · 1526 – 1857

11 before

Rafi ud-Darajat1719

Shah Jahan II1719

Muhammad Shah1719 – 1748

Ahmad Shah Bahadur1748 – 1754

Alamgir II1754 – 1759

Shah Jahan III1759 – 1760

Shah Alam II1760 – 1788

4 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadthis entry

Reigned 1748 – 1754 · 6 years · came to it aged 23

Came to it: inheritedthe child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

the article also: exiled, imprisoned or confined

Born to Emperor Muhammad Shah, he succeeded his father to the throne in 1748, at the age of 22.

He was deposed by the Vizier Imad-ul-Mulk and later blinded along with his mother.

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