Bahadur Shah I
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Bahadur Shah I or Shah Alam I, was the eighth Mughal emperor from 1707 to 1712. He was the second son of the sixth Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, who he conspired to overthrow in his youth. He was also the
Bahadur Shah I c. 1691
Prince Mu'azzam in his youth
Emperor Aurangzeb Receives Prince Mu'azzam. Chester Beatty Library
Silver Rupee of Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah I, struck in Burhanpur Mint.
Muhammad Azam Shah
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Mirza Abu al-Fayaz Qutb al-Din Muhammad Aazam, commonly known as Azam Shah, was briefly the seventh Mughal emperor from 14 March to 20 June 1707. He was the third son of the sixth Mughal emperor Auran
Bahadur Shah I
…He was also the governor of the imperial provinces of Agra, Kabul and Lahore and had to face revolts of Rajputs and Sikhs. After Aurangzeb's death, Muhammad Azam Shah, his third son by his chief consort Dilras Banu Begum declared himself successor, but was shortly defeated in one of the largest battles of India, the…
Crown Prince Azam, stands before his father, Emperor Aurangzeb
Muhammad Azam with his son, Prince Bidar Bakht