Ruler · 1711 – 1772

Shah Jahan III

Lived 1711 – 1772; politician. Mughal emperor of Mughal Empire, 1759 – 1760.

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Lived: 1711 – 1772; 61 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Mughal Empire
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

Mughal emperor

Mughal Empire · the 17th of 22 dated reigns · 1526 – 1857

13 before

Muhammad Shah1719 – 1748

Ahmad Shah Bahadur1748 – 1754

Alamgir II1754 – 1759

Shah Jahan III1759 – 1760

Shah Alam II1760 – 1788

Jahan Shah1788

Shah Alam II1788 – 1806

2 after

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

Reigned 1759 – 1760 · 1 year · came to it aged 48

Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

He was later deposed by Mughal ministers, acting in the name of the exiled Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II.

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