Shah Jahan II

Shah Jahan II
11th Mughal Emperor
Reign 6 June – 19 September 1719
Coronation 8 June 1719 at Red Fort, Delhi
Predecessor Rafi Ul-Darjat
Successor Muhammad Shah
Regent Syed Brothers (1719)
Born c. 1698[1]
Died 18 September 1719(1719-09-18) (aged 20–21)[2]
Bidyapur, near Fatehpur Sikri
Burial Mausoleum of Khwaja Kutbuddin Kamal, Delhi
Full name
Rafi-ud-Din Muhammad Rafi-ud-Daulah Shah Jahan II
House Timurid
Father Rafi-ush-Shan
Mother Nur-un-Nissa Begum

Shah Jahan II (شاه جہان دوم) c. 1698 – 19 September 1719, birth name Rafi ud-Daulah رفی الدولت) was Mughal emperor for a brief period in 1719. He succeeded his short-lived brother Rafi Ul-Darjat in that year, being proclaimed Badshah by the Syed Brothers.

References

  1. Irvine, p. 432.
  2. Irvine, p. 431.

Bibliography

  • Irvine, William. The Later Mughals. Low Price Publications. ISBN 8175364068.

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Shah Jahan II
Preceded by
Rafi Ul-Darjat
Mughal Emperor
1719
Succeeded by
Muhammad Shah
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