Ruler · 1728 – 1806

Shah Alam II

Lived 1728 – 1806; poet. Mughal emperor of Mughal Empire, 1760 – 1788 and 1 more term.

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Lived: 1728 – 1806; 78 years
In office: 46 years; 2 reigns
Lines: 1; Mughal Empire
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

Mughal emperor

Mughal Empire · the 18th and 20th of 22 dated reigns · 1526 – 1857

14 before

Ahmad Shah Bahadur1748 – 1754

Alamgir II1754 – 1759

Shah Jahan III1759 – 1760

Shah Alam II1760 – 1788

Jahan Shah1788

Shah Alam II1788 – 1806

Akbar II1806 – 1837

Bahadur Shah Zafar1837 – 1857

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

Reigned 1760 – 1788 · 28 years · came to it aged 32 · term 1 of 2

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1788; they died in 1806

Reigned 1788 – 1806 · 18 years · came to it aged 60 · term 2 of 2

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1806, the year they died

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