Abu’l Muzaffar Muin ud-din Muhammad Shah Farrukhsiyar Alim Akbar Sani Wala Shan Padshah-i-bahr-u-bar [Shahid-i-Mazlum] (or Farrukhsiyar) (August 20, 1685 – April 19, 1719) was the Mughal emperor of India between 1713 and 1719. He was the second son of ‘Azim al-Shan the third son of Bahadur Shah I. Born at Aurangabad in the Deccan on 11 September 1683, he in his tenth year accompanied his father to Agra, and in 1697 to Bengal, when that province was added to his charge. In 1707, when ‘Azim al-Shan was summoned to the court by Aurangzeb, Farrukh-Siyar was nominated his father’s deputy there, which post he held until his recall by ‘Azim al-Shan in 1711.
When Bahadur Shah died at Lahore on 27 February 1712, Farrukh-Siyar was at Patna, having tarried there since the previous rainy season. Following the defeat and death of his father in the contest at Lahore, Farrukh-Siyar proclaimed himself emperor at Patna on 6 March 1712. He marched on Delhi, defeating Jahandar Shah, who had succeeded Bahadur Shah, on 10 January 1713, after a hardfought battle at Samugarh near Agra.
