Farrukhsiyar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Mughal Emperor
Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1685
Place of Birth: Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
Date of Death: 28-Apr-1719
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Farrukhsiyar
- Abu'l Muzaffar Muin ud-din Muhammad Shah Farrukh-siyar Alim Akbar Sani Wala Shan Padshah-i-bahr-u-bar (Persian: ??? ?????? ???? ????? ???? ??? ???? ??? ???? ???? ???? ???? ??? ?????? ??? ? ???), also known as Shahid-i-Mazlum (Persian: ???? ??????), or Farrukhsiyar (Persian: ???? ????) (20 August 1685 – 19 April 1719), was the Mughal emperor from 1713 to 1719 after he murdered Jahandar Shah.
- Reportedly a handsome man who was easily swayed by his advisers, he lacked the ability, knowledge and character to rule independently.
- Farrukhsiyar was the son of Azim-ush-Shan (the second son of emperor Bahadur Shah I) and Sahiba Nizwan. His reign saw the primacy of the Sayyid brothers, who became the effective power behind the facade of Mughal rule.
- Farrukhsiyar's frequent plotting led the brothers to depose him.
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