Bahâdur Shâh
Bahâdur Shâh I (born the October 14th 1643 and dead in February 1712) is the first wire of the emperor moghol Aurangzeb. With died of this last, Bahâdur Shâh had to face a war of succession and left there victorious. Its reign lasted less than five years, of 1707 with 1712.
An unstable reign
Bahâdur Shâh had to face many problems at the time of its reign. The Mughal empire had become very unstable after the reign of Aurangzeb, which had tried to impose its religion. The revolts burst everywhere, in particular at the Hindus and the Sikh S of the Punjab. The latter revolted under Guru Gobind Singh but this one was killed shortly after. Its political heir, Bandaged Bahadur, revolted once again and this time Bahâdur Shâh could not repress the revolt which resulted in the secession from Punjab Sikh.
A weak emperor
Bahâdur Shâh was a soft and generous, but weak sovereign. It was unable to preserve the unit of the empire what resulted in several revolts. He died in 1712 and was buried with Delhi. He left behind him 4 wire, of which 3 died at the time of the bloody war of succession which followed its death.
References
Story off Pakistan
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