Late Mughal period

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historical period

The Late Mughal period was the final, declining phase of the Mughal Empire in the 18th and early 19th centuries, marked by weakened central authority, regional fragmentation, and growing European colonial influence in India.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Late Mughal period canonical	2
Mughal successor states period	1
late Mughal period	1

Statements (75)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical period ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	decline of the Mughal Empire ⓘ
characterizedBy	court factionalism ⓘ decline of imperial revenue ⓘ frequent succession disputes ⓘ increasing European colonial influence ⓘ military decline of the Mughal Empire ⓘ political fragmentation ⓘ rise of regional kingdoms ⓘ symbolic rather than effective Mughal sovereignty ⓘ weak central authority ⓘ
country	Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalAspect	continuation of Indo-Persian court culture ⓘ development of late Mughal painting ⓘ evolution of North Indian classical music traditions ⓘ patronage of Urdu literature ⓘ
endTime	1857 ⓘ
followedBy	British Raj NERFINISHED ⓘ direct British Crown rule in India ⓘ
follows	Aurangzeb's reign ⓘ High Mughal period ⓘ
hasCause	Ahmad Shah Durrani's invasions of North India NERFINISHED ⓘ Nader Shah's invasion of India ⓘ decline of Mughal mansabdari system ⓘ expansion of European trading companies in India ⓘ fiscal crisis of the Mughal state ⓘ increasing autonomy of provincial governors ⓘ invasions from Persia and Afghanistan ⓘ military overextension of the Mughal Empire ⓘ rise of regional powers in India ⓘ succession crises in the Mughal Empire ⓘ weakening of central Mughal authority ⓘ
hasEffect	decline of Persian as sole court language in North India ⓘ erosion of Mughal imperial institutions ⓘ growth of Company rule in India ⓘ reconfiguration of regional polities in India ⓘ rise of British paramountcy in India ⓘ transition from Mughal to colonial rule ⓘ
hasPart	reign of Ahmad Shah Bahadur ⓘ reign of Akbar II ⓘ reign of Alamgir II ⓘ reign of Bahadur Shah I ⓘ reign of Bahadur Shah II ⓘ reign of Farrukhsiyar NERFINISHED ⓘ reign of Jahandar Shah NERFINISHED ⓘ reign of Muhammad Shah ⓘ reign of Shah Alam II ⓘ
influencedBy	British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ French East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Mysore NERFINISHED ⓘ Maratha Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Nawab of Awadh NERFINISHED ⓘ Nawab of Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ Nizam of Hyderabad NERFINISHED ⓘ Sikh misls NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ North India NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	early modern history of India ⓘ history of the Mughal Empire ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Buxar NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Plassey NERFINISHED ⓘ Charter Acts affecting British rule in India NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Rebellion of 1857 NERFINISHED ⓘ Nader Shah's sack of Delhi NERFINISHED ⓘ Pitt's India Act of 1784 NERFINISHED ⓘ Regulating Act of 1773 NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Battle of Panipat NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Allahabad (1765) NERFINISHED ⓘ death of Aurangzeb ⓘ exile of Bahadur Shah II ⓘ grant of Diwani of Bengal to the British East India Company ⓘ
startTime	1707 ⓘ
temporalOverlap	Maratha ascendancy in India ⓘ rise of British colonialism in India ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Alamgir II → historicalPeriod → Late Mughal period ⓘ

Najib-ud-Daula → historicalEra → Late Mughal period ⓘ

Mahadaji Scindia → historicalPeriod → Late Mughal period ⓘ

this entity surface form: late Mughal period

Anwaruddin Khan → era → Late Mughal period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mughal successor states period