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Muhammad Shah

1702 - 1748

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Mirza Nasir-ud-Din Muḥammad Shah (born Roshan Akhtar; 7 August 1702 – 26 April 1748) was the thirteenth Mughal emperor from 1719 to 1748. He was son of Khujista Akhtar, the fourth son of Bahadur Shah I. After being chosen by the Sayyid Brothers of Barha, he ascended the throne at the young age of 16, under their strict supervision.He later got rid of them with the help of Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I – Syed Hussain Ali Khan was murdered at Fatehpur Sikri in 1720 and Sayyid Hassan Ali Khan Barha was captured in battle in 1720 and fatally poisoned in 1722. Muhammad Shah was a great patron of the arts, including musical, cultural and administrative developments, he is thus often referred to as "Muhammad Shah Rangila" (lit. 'Muhammad Shah "the colourful"'). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad Shah has received more than 1,702,563 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Muhammad Shah is the 6,526th most popular politician (up from 7,107th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 48th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Muhammad Shah ranks 6,526 out of 15,577Before him are Mamadou Tandja, Al-Mansur Nasir al-Din Muhammad, Emperor Hanazono, Bamir Topi, Lestek, and Octar. After him are Zhong Yao, Daru of Baekje, Khentkaus I, Minamoto no Yoriie, Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia, and Tammam Salam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1702, Muhammad Shah ranks 6Before him are Anne Bonny, Emperor Nakamikado, Thomas Bayes, Jean-Étienne Liotard, and Maria Clementina Sobieska. After him are Legall de Kermeur, Sava Petrović, William Fermor, Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Francesco Zuccarelli, and Jack Sheppard. Among people deceased in 1748, Muhammad Shah ranks 7Before him are Johann Bernoulli, Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I, Ewald Georg von Kleist, Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Johann Gottfried Walther. After him are Abul Khair Khan, Ebrahim Afshar, Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, William Kent, and Aleksei Chirikov.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Muhammad Shah ranks 56 out of 145Before him are Humaira Begum (1918), Abu Sa'id Gardezi (1100), Tahir ibn Husayn (776), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947), and Ismail Khan (1946). After him are Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424), Sanai (1080), Abdullah Abdullah (1960), Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), and Diodotus II (-252).

Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Muhammad Shah ranks 41Before him are Bairam Khan (1501), Diodotus I (-285), Tahir ibn Husayn (776), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947), and Ismail Khan (1946). After him are Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424), Abdullah Abdullah (1960), Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), Diodotus II (-252), and Abdul Ali Mazari (1946).