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Shah Alam I Bahadur Shah I

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Shah Alam I Bahadur Shah I

Birth
Madhya Pradesh, India
Death
27 Feb 1712 (aged 68)
Lahore, Lahore District, Punjab, Pakistan
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Old Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, India Add to Map
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7th Mughal Emperor, son of Emperor Aurangzeb. Defeated his brothers Crown Prince Muhammad Azam and Prince Muhammad Kam Bakhsh to attain the throne.

Emperor Bahadur Shah I followed his brothers in death less than three years later. He was buried in a zarih (fenced enclosure) near the dargah (shrine) of the Sufi saint Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki in Merauli, Delhi. Later on the Emperors Shah Alam II and Akbar II, and the Last Crown Prince Mirza Fakhru (Bahadur's grandson, great-grandson and great-great-great grandson, respectively) were buried in the same enclosure.
7th Mughal Emperor, son of Emperor Aurangzeb. Defeated his brothers Crown Prince Muhammad Azam and Prince Muhammad Kam Bakhsh to attain the throne.

Emperor Bahadur Shah I followed his brothers in death less than three years later. He was buried in a zarih (fenced enclosure) near the dargah (shrine) of the Sufi saint Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki in Merauli, Delhi. Later on the Emperors Shah Alam II and Akbar II, and the Last Crown Prince Mirza Fakhru (Bahadur's grandson, great-grandson and great-great-great grandson, respectively) were buried in the same enclosure.

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