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BAHADUR SHAH I

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 207 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BAHADUR SHAH I ., a See also:

Mogul See also:emperor of Hindustan, A.D. 1707-1712, the son and successor of See also:Aurangzeb. At the See also:time of the latter's See also:death his eldest surviving son, See also:Prince M.uazim, was See also:governor of See also:Kabul, and in his See also:absence the next See also:brother, Azam Shah, assumed the functions of See also:royalty. Muazim came down from Kabul, and with characteristic magnanimity offered to See also:share the See also:empire with his brother. Azam would not accept the proposal and was defeated and slain on the plains of See also:Agra. Muazim then ascended the See also:throne under the See also:title of Bahadur Shah. He was a See also:man of 64 and died five years later. During his lifetime the empire was already falling to pieces before the inroads of the Sikhs and See also:Mahrattas, and through See also:internal dissensions.

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