Shah Jahan III
| Shah Jahan III | |||||||||||||
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| Padishah Al-Sultan Al-Azam Mirza | |||||||||||||
![]() Portrait of Muhi-ul-Millat before his deposition, c. 1759 | |||||||||||||
| 16th Mughal Emperor | |||||||||||||
| Reign | 10 December 1759 – 10 October 1760 | ||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Alamgir II | ||||||||||||
| Successor | Shah Alam II | ||||||||||||
| Vizier | Imad-ul-Mulk | ||||||||||||
| Born | Mirza Muhi-ul-Millat 1711 Mughal Empire | ||||||||||||
| Died | 1772 (aged 60–61) Mughal Empire | ||||||||||||
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| House | House of Babur | ||||||||||||
| Dynasty | Timurid dynasty | ||||||||||||
| Father | Muhi us-Sunnat | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam (Hanafi) | ||||||||||||
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Shah Jahan III (Persian pronunciation: [ʃɒːh d͡ʒæ.hɒːn]; 1711–1772), also known as Mirza Muhi-ul-Millat, was the sixteenth Mughal emperor, albeit briefly. He was the son of Muhi us-Sunnat, the eldest son of Muhammad Kam Bakhsh who was the youngest son of Aurangzeb. He was placed on the Mughal throne in December 1759 as a result of the intrigues in Delhi with the help of Imad-ul-Mulk. He was later deposed by Mughal ministers, acting in the name of the exiled Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II.[1]
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