Akbar II
E71805
Akbar II was the penultimate Mughal emperor of India, ruling in the early 19th century under increasing British influence and largely as a figurehead.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mughal emperor
→
historical figure → monarch → |
| birthDate | 1760-04-22 → |
| birthPlace | Delhi → |
| capital | Delhi → |
| child |
Bahadur Shah II
→
Mirza Jahangir → Mirza Salim → |
| country |
India
→
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) →
surface form: "Mughal Empire"
|
| deathDate | 1837-09-28 → |
| deathPlace | Delhi → |
| dynasty | Timurid dynasty → |
| era | early 19th century → |
| ethnicGroup |
Mughal dynasty
→
surface form: "Mughal"
|
| father | Shah Alam II → |
| fullName | Abu Nasir Mu'in ud-din Muhammad Akbar Shah II → |
| givenName | Akbar → |
| house | House of Babur → |
| language |
Persian
→
Urdu language →
surface form: "Urdu"
|
| mother | Qudsia Begum → |
| notableAction |
granted the title "Raja" to Ram Mohan Roy as envoy to Britain
→
petitioned the British to recognize his son Mirza Jahangir as heir → |
| notableCharacteristic | largely a figurehead emperor → |
| notableEvent |
loss of real political power to the British in India
→
ruled under increasing British East India Company control → |
| notableFor | being the penultimate Mughal emperor of India → |
| placeOfBurial | Humayun's Tomb → |
| positionHeld |
Mughal Emperor
→
surface form: "Emperor of the Mughal Empire"
Emperor of Hindustan →
surface form: "Padishah of Hindustan"
|
| predecessor | Shah Alam II → |
| regnalName |
Akbar II
→
surface form: "Akbar Shah II"
|
| reignEnd | 1837 → |
| reignStart |
1806
→
1806-11-19 → |
| relative |
Bahadur Shah II
→
Shah Alam II → |
| religion |
Islam
→
Sunni Islam → |
| residence |
Red Fort
→
surface form: "Red Fort, Delhi"
|
| spouse |
Mahlara Begum
→
Taj Mahal Begum →
surface form: "Mumtaz-un-Nissa Begum"
|
| successor |
Bahadur Shah II
→
Bahadur Shah II →
surface form: "Bahadur Shah Zafar"
|
| title |
Badshah
→
Shahanshah of Persia →
surface form: "Shahanshah"
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Akbar Shah II"
subject surface form: "Shah Alam II"