- Alamgir II
Infobox Monarch
name =Alamgir
title =Emperor ofMughal Empire
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date of birth = 1699
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date of death = December 11, 1759
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reign =1754-1759
predecessor=Ahmad Shah Bahadur
successor =Shah Jahan III
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father = Jahandar Shah
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dynasty =Timurid Aziz-ud-din Alamgir II (عالمگير ۲) (1759 - 1699) was the Mughal Emperor of
India from June 3, 1754 to December 11, 1759. He was the son ofJahandar Shah .Aziz-ud-Din, the second son of
Jahandar Shah , was raised to the throne byGhazi-ud-Din after he deposedAhmad Shah Bahadur in 1754. On ascending the throne, he took the title of Alamgir and tried to follow the approach of Aurangzeb Alamgir. At the time of his accession to throne he was an old man of 55 years. He had no experience of administration and warfare as he had spent most of his life in jail. He was a weak ruler, with all powers vested in the hand of his Wazir, Ghazi-ud-Din Imad-ul-Mulk. In 1756,Ahmad Shah Abdali invaded India once again and captured Delhi and plunderedMathura . Marathas became more powerful because of their collaboration with Ghazi-ud-Din, and dominated the whole of northern India. This was the peak of Maratha expansion, which caused great trouble for the Mughal Empire, already weak with no strong ruler.The relations between Alamgir and his Wazir,
Ghazi-ud-Din , by this time had gotten worse. Alamgir was murdered by Nawab MirNawab Mir Ghaziudin Khan Bahadur (grandson ofAsaf Jah I ), and the son of Alamgir, Ali Gauhar succeeded him.
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