The eldest, 'Azim-ash-Shan ("Strong of Heart"), first
assumed the sceptre, but Zu-l-Fikar, the prime minister, opposed and
routed him, and the prince was drowned in his flight. The successful
general next defeated and slew two other brothers, Khujistah Akhtar
Jahan-Shah and Rafi-ash-Shan, and placed the surviving of the four
sons of Bahadur [i.e. Mu'izz-ud-din] on the throne with the title of
Jahandar ("World-owner"). The new Emperor was an irredeemable
poltroon and an abandoned debauchee.' (_The History of the Moghul
Emperors of Hindustan illustrated by their Coins_, Constable, 1892,
and in Introd. to _B. M. Catal. of Moghul Emperors_, same date.)
He was killed in 1713, and was succeeded by Farrukh-siyar, the son of
Azim-ush-Shan. The chronology is as follows:-
No. Sovereign. A.H. A.D.
VI. Aurangzeb Alamgir, Muhayi-ud-din . 1068 1658
['Azam Shah . . . . . 1118 1707
Kam Baksh . . . . . 1119-20 1708]
VII. Bahadur Shah-'Alam, Kutb-ud-din . . 1119 1707
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