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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II	5
Mughal emperor Shah Alam II canonical	5
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 (11)

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

British East India Company → diwaniGrantedBy → 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 ⓘ