Mughal emperor Shah Alam II

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Mughal emperor historical figure monarch

Shah Alam II was an 18th-century Mughal emperor whose weakened authority and political dependence on the British East India Company marked a key stage in the empire’s decline and the rise of British colonial rule in India.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Shah Alam II 0
Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II 2
Mughal Emperor Alamgir II 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mughal emperor ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
alliedWith Mir Qasim ⓘ
Shuja-ud-Daula ⓘ
associatedWith decline of Mughal imperial authority ⓘ
rise of British colonial rule in India ⓘ
battleDate 1764-10-22 ⓘ
birthDate 1728-06-25 ⓘ
birthPlace Delhi ⓘ
capital Delhi ⓘ
contemporaryOf Mir Qasim ⓘ
Shuja-ud-Daula ⓘ
Warren Hastings ⓘ
country Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire
deathDate 1806-11-19 ⓘ
deathPlace Delhi ⓘ
dynasty Timurid dynasty ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
father Alamgir II ⓘ
fullName Ali Gohar ⓘ
grantedDiwaniOf Bengal ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
Orissa ⓘ
grantedRevenueRightsTo British East India Company ⓘ
house House of Babur ⓘ
involvedIn Battle of Buxar ⓘ
lostEffectiveControlOf Bengal ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
Orissa ⓘ
mother Jamil-ud-Din Begum ⓘ
notableFor being a weak Mughal emperor under British influence ⓘ
political dependence on the British East India Company ⓘ
presiding over the decline of the Mughal Empire ⓘ
opposedBy British East India Company ⓘ
predecessor Alamgir II ⓘ
regnalName Shah Alam II ⓘ
reignEnd 1806 ⓘ
reignStart 1760 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
residedIn Allahabad ⓘ
signed Treaty of Allahabad ⓘ
successor Akbar II ⓘ
title Emperor of Hindustan ⓘ
Padishah ⓘ
treatyDate 1765 ⓘ
wasBlindedBy Ghulam Qadir ⓘ
wasFigureheadUnder British East India Company ⓘ
wasProtectorateOf British East India Company ⓘ
yearBlinded 1788 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British East India Company → diwaniGrantedBy → Mughal emperor Shah Alam II ⓘ
Mahadji Shinde → influenced → Mughal emperor Shah Alam II ⓘ
Mir Jafar → monarchDuringReign → Mughal emperor Shah Alam II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mughal Emperor Alamgir II
Mir Jafar → monarchDuringReign → Mughal emperor Shah Alam II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II
British conquest of Bengal → participant → Mughal emperor Shah Alam II ⓘ
EIC → securedPrivilegeFrom → Mughal emperor Shah Alam II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II