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Jahandar Shah was defeated and imprisoned, and the following day Farrukhsiyar proclaimed himself the Mughal emperor. On 10 January 1713, Farrukhsiyar and Jahandar Shah's forces met at Samugarh, 14 kilometres (9 mi) east of Agra in present-day Uttar Pradesh. After a night-long artillery fight, Aazuddin and Khwaja Ahsan Khan fled and the camp fell to Farrukhsiyar. With Abdullah Khan commanding the vanguard, Farrukhsiyar began the attack. When they reached Khajwah (present-day Fatehpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India), they learned that Farrukhsiyar was accompanied by Hussain Ali Khan and Abdullah Khan. After the defeat, Jahandar Shah sent general Khwaja Ahsan Khan and his son Aazuddin. However, Gardezi's army fled when they learned about his death. When they reached Allahabad from Azimabad, Jahandar Shah's military general Syed Abdul Ghaffar Khan Gardezi and 12,000 troops clashed with Abdullah Khan, resulting in Abdullah retreating to the Allahabad Fort. Farrukhsiyar wanted revenge for his father's death and was joined by Hussain Ali Khan (the subahdar of Bengal) and Abdullah Khan, his brother and the subahdar of Allahabad. In 1712, Jahandar Shah (Farrukhsiyar's uncle) ascended the throne of the Mughal empire by defeating Farrukhsiyar's father, Azim-ush-Shan. War of succession Farrukhsiyar receiving Hussain Ali Khan, ca. Although the prince considered suicide, he was dissuaded by his friends from Bengal. On 6 April, he learned of his father's defeat. On 21 March, Farrukhsiyar proclaimed his father's accession to the throne, issued coinage in his name and ordered khutba (public prayer). He was marching past Azimabad (present-day Patna, Bihar, India) when he learned of the Mughal emperor's death. In 1712 Azim-ush-Shan anticipated Bahadur Shah I's death and a struggle for power, and recalled Farrukhsiyar. Farrukhsiyar spent his early years in the capital city of Dhaka (in present-day Bangladesh) during the reign of Bahadur Shah I, he moved to Murshidabad (present-day West Bengal, India). Mughal emperor Aurangzeb recalled his grandson, Azim-ush-Shan, from Bengal in 1707 and instructed Farrukhsiyar to take charge of the province. In 1696, Farrukhsiyar accompanied his father on his campaign to Bengal. Muhammad Farrukhsiyar was born on 20 August 1685 (9th Ramzan 1094 AH) in the city of Aurangabad on the Deccan plateau.
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Campaign against Sikhs and execution of Banda Bahadur.He was assassinated by Ajit Singh of Marwar. Farrukhsiyar was the son of Azim-ush-Shan (the second son of emperor Bahadur Shah I) and Sahiba Nizwan. Reportedly a handsome man who was easily swayed by his advisers, he lacked the ability, knowledge and character to rule independently. Abu'l Muzaffar Muin ud-din Muhammad Shah Farrukh-siyar Alim Akbar Sani Wala Shan Padshah-i-bahr-u-bar ( Persian : ابو المظفر معید الدین محمد شاه فرخ سیر علیم اکبر ثانی والا شان پادشاه بحر و بر ), also known as Shahid-i-Mazlum ( Persian : شهید مظلوم ), or Farrukhsiyar ( Persian : فرخ سیر ) (20 August 1685 – 19 April 1719) was the Mughal emperor from 1713 to 1719, after he assassinated his Uncle and Emperor, Jahandar Shah.