Akbar shah ii biography of martin lewis

He was his elder brother, Mirza Abu Zafar's favourite brother. Salim always agreed with Mirza Abu Zafar's decisions and always supported him.

Akbar II, also known as Akbar Shah II, was the penultimate Mughal emperor of India.

His father ruled over a rapidly disintegrating empire between and It was during his time that the East India Company dispensed with the illusion of ruling in the name of the Mughal monarch and removed his name from the Persian texts that appeared on the coins struck by the company in the areas under their control. His brother was not his father's preferred choice as his successor.

One of Akbar Shah's queens, Mumtaz Begum, had been pressuring him to declare her son, Mirza Jahangir as his successor. He married twice, both of whom were princesses of the Imperial family and his cousins. He had two sons and two daughters. He died in in the Red Fort , before the events of that ushered in the end of his dynasty and the rule of the Imperial family of India.

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Akbar II, also known as Akbar Shah II, was the nineteenth Mughal emperor from to He was the second son of Shah Alam II and the father of Bahadur Shah II, who would eventually succeed him and become the last Mughal emperor.

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