page_title: Muhammad Azam Shah
section_title: Subahdar of Bengal
hierarchical_section_title: Muhammad Azam Shah / Subahdar of Bengal
caption_attribution_description: English: Aurangzeb holds court, as painted by (perhaps) Bichitr; Shaistah Khan stands behind Prince Muhammad Azam
context_page_description: Qutb-ud-Din Muhammad Azam, commonly known as Azam Shah, was briefly the Mughal emperor, who reigned from 14 March 1707 to 8 June 1707. He was the eldest son of the sixth Mughal emperor Aurangzeb and his chief consort Dilras Banu Begum.
  Azam was appointed as the heir-apparent to his father on 12 August 1681 and retained that position until Aurangzeb's death. During his long military career, he served as the viceroy of Berar Subah, Malwa, Bengal, Gujarat and the Deccan. Azam ascended the Mughal throne in Ahmednagar upon the death of his father on 14 March 1707. However, he and his three sons, Sultan Bidar Bakht, Shahzada Jawan Bakht Bahadur and Shahzada Sikandar Shan Bahadur, were later defeated and killed by Azam Shah's older half-brother, Prince Shah Alam, during the Battle of Jajau on 8 June 1707.
context_section_description: Prince Azam was appointed the governor (Subahdar) of Berar Subah, Malwa and Bengal from 1678–1701 upon the death of his predecessor, Azam Khan Koka. He successfully captured the Kamrup region in February 1679. He founded the incomplete Lalbagh Fort in Dacca. During his administration, Mir Maula was appointed Diwan and Muluk Chand as Huzur-Navis for revenue collection. Prince Azam was recalled by Aurangzeb and left Dacca on 6 October 1679.  Marathas; Bengal went under administration of the Nawabs of Murshidabad.
  He later became the governor of Gujarat from 1701 to 1706.
caption: Crown Prince Azam, stands before his father, Emperor Aurangzeb
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