Later Mughals Flashcards
First Puppet king of Mughal
Jahandar Shah
Jahandar Shah ascended the throne with the help of ?
Zulfikar Khan
Name of Sayyid Brothers & their designation ?
Sayyid Abdullah Khan (WAZIR) & Hussain Ali Khan (MIR BAKSHI)
Terms in the Farman of 1717
- Permission to trade duty-free in Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa, except for an yearly payment of 3000 rupees
- Right to issue dastak
Who helped Nikusiyar
Chitrasen (Brahman)
Reason for the death of Rafi-ud-Darajat & Rafi-ud-Daulah
Rafi-ud-Darajat - Excessive Drinking
Rafi-ud-daulah - Excessive Opium and Tuberculosis
Tittle of Rafi-ud-Daulah
Rafi us Shah jahan 2
Mohammed Shah was penchant of
Wine & Women
Condition of N-W at the time of Nadir’s invasion
Till the time of Prince Muazzam, the North-West frontier was well managed with strong forts, strong intelligence netwrok, Well-connected network with the capital, but after the departure of prince Muazzam from n-w the administration became lax and all form of networks of communication and intelligence till the time of nadir invasion collapsed.
Breach of promise by Mohammed Shah
Nadir wanted to capture the Afgan rulers of Kandhar and for this purpose he reached out to the mughal emperor to not let these people come to Kabul but during his invasion this promise was breached.
Loot of Nadir Shah
Peacock throne
Approx 70crore
Territory submitted to Nadir Shah
Terriory to the west of indus was given to Shah
Muhi-ul-millat
Tittle given to Shah Jahan 3
Shah Jahan 3 was deposed by
Maratha
Shah Alam 2 ascention
Ascended the throne with the help of the Marathas
Chronology of later mughal emperor
Bahadur Shah1
Jahandar shah
Farruksiyar
Rafi-ud-Darajat
Rafi-ud-daulah
mohammed shah
ahmad shah
alamgir 2
shah jahan 3
shah alam 2
Akbar Shah 2
Bahadur Shah jafar
Reason behind the fall of the Sayyid Brothers ?
The fall of Sayyid brothers was a result of a continuous process of power struggle in the Mughal court among various power factions of the nobility. In which ultimatley Turani faction under Nizam-ul-mulk Asaf Jahah and Mohammed Amin Khan were able to end the dominace of Sayyid brothers.
Imp leaders of the Turani Faction
Nizam ul mulk asaf Jahan & Mohammed Amin Khan
Support mustered by Sayyid brothers as Hindustani Muslim Faction
JAI SINGH OF AMBER
AJIT SNGH OF JODHPUR
MARATHAS
Nizam ul mulk also helped them in executing Farukhsiyar
Example of Sayyid brothers tolerant policy
Appointment of Ratan Chand as Diwan
Abolistion of Jaziya in 1713 and again aboilition after reimposition in 1719.
HISTORIOGRAPHY of Sydney Owen on Sayyid brothers
Had the knot of the Sayyid brothers been maintained they would have established a strong goverment on a tolerant basis with th esupport of indian musalmans and hindus.
Book by Kafi Khan
Mantakhab ul lubab
Zulfikar khan belonged to which faction
Irani faction
Ahmad shah’s charectar
1748-54
harem extended a full kos (4 sq mile)
in 1743, Appointed 2 1/2 year old son mahmud as governor of Punjab and 1 year old as his deputy
Saadat Khan belonged to which faction ?
irani
Militry weakness of the Mughals
Army was based on feudal structure where a larger amount of soldiers were maintained by the mansabdars, these soldiers owed their loyalty to the mansabdars and viewed his as chief and not as an officer.
3 Histrians view on the decline of Mughals
1) Sarkar & Irving
2) I Habib & Satish Chandra
3) New cambridge historiography
