Later Mughals

Question 1

First Puppet king of Mughal

Answer 1

Jahandar Shah

Question 2

Jahandar Shah ascended the throne with the help of ?

Answer 2

Zulfikar Khan

Question 3

Name of Sayyid Brothers & their designation ?

Answer 3

Sayyid Abdullah Khan (WAZIR) & Hussain Ali Khan (MIR BAKSHI)

Question 4

Terms in the Farman of 1717

Answer 4

1. Permission to trade duty-free in Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa, except for an yearly payment of 3000 rupees
2. Right to issue dastak

Question 5

Who helped Nikusiyar

Answer 5

Chitrasen (Brahman)

Question 6

Reason for the death of Rafi-ud-Darajat & Rafi-ud-Daulah

Answer 6

Rafi-ud-Darajat - Excessive Drinking
Rafi-ud-daulah - Excessive Opium and Tuberculosis

Question 7

Tittle of Rafi-ud-Daulah

Answer 7

Rafi us Shah jahan 2

Question 8

Mohammed Shah was penchant of

Answer 8

Wine & Women

Question 9

Condition of N-W at the time of Nadir’s invasion

Answer 9

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.

Question 10

Breach of promise by Mohammed Shah

Answer 10

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.

Question 11

Loot of Nadir Shah

Answer 11

Peacock throne
Approx 70crore

Question 12

Territory submitted to Nadir Shah

Answer 12

Terriory to the west of indus was given to Shah

Question 13

Muhi-ul-millat

Answer 13

Tittle given to Shah Jahan 3

Question 14

Shah Jahan 3 was deposed by

Answer 14

Maratha

Question 15

Shah Alam 2 ascention

Answer 15

Ascended the throne with the help of the Marathas

Question 16

Chronology of later mughal emperor

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Reason behind the fall of the Sayyid Brothers ?

Answer 17

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.

Question 18

Imp leaders of the Turani Faction

Answer 18

Nizam ul mulk asaf Jahan & Mohammed Amin Khan

Question 19

Support mustered by Sayyid brothers as Hindustani Muslim Faction

Answer 19

JAI SINGH OF AMBER
AJIT SNGH OF JODHPUR
MARATHAS
Nizam ul mulk also helped them in executing Farukhsiyar

Question 20

Example of Sayyid brothers tolerant policy

Answer 20

Appointment of Ratan Chand as Diwan
Abolistion of Jaziya in 1713 and again aboilition after reimposition in 1719.

Question 21

HISTORIOGRAPHY of Sydney Owen on Sayyid brothers

Answer 21

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.

Question 22

Book by Kafi Khan

Answer 22

Mantakhab ul lubab

Question 23

Zulfikar khan belonged to which faction

Answer 23

Irani faction

Question 24

Ahmad shah’s charectar

Answer 24

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

Question 25

Saadat Khan belonged to which faction ?

Answer 25

irani

Question 26

Militry weakness of the Mughals

Answer 26

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.

Question 27

3 Histrians view on the decline of Mughals

Answer 27

1) Sarkar & Irving
2) I Habib & Satish Chandra
3) New cambridge historiography