Muhammad Azam Shah

Reign: 1707 – 1707
Life: 1653–1707

He was known as Azam Shah. Azam was appointed as the heir-apparent (Shahi Ali Jah) to his father on 12 August 1681 and retained that position until Aurangzeb death. During his long military career, he served as the viceroy of Berar Subah, Malwa, Bengal, Gujarat and the Deccan. Azam ascended the Mughal throne in Ahmednagar upon the death of his father on 14 March 1707. However, he and his three sons, Bidar Bakht, Jawan Bakht and Sikandar Shan, were later defeated and killed by Azam Shah's older half-brother, Shah Alam (later crowned as Bahadur Shah I), during the Battle of Jajau on 20 June 1707.

During Muhammad Azam Shah's reign, Louis XIV of France ruled France, Frederick I of Prussia ruled Prussia, and Kangxi Emperor ruled China.

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