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Shah Jahan III

15th Mughal Emperor from 1759 to 1760

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 11, 2026
Entity authorityQ2627138 ↗
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Shah Jahan III (Persian: شاه جهان سوم, Persian pronunciation: [ʃɒːh d͡ʒæ.hɒːn]; 1711–1772), also known as Mirza Muhi-ul-Millat (Persian: محی الملّت), 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.

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“Shah Jahan III” enters the record as 15th Mughal Emperor from 1759 to 1760. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Shah, Jahan and 15th can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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