# Muhammad Shah

> The Mughal emperor who presided over empire's collapse while throwing legendary parties. Muhammad Shah took the throne at 18 as a puppet of warlords, outlasted them through assassination and poison, then watched Nader Shah sack Delhi in 1739 and cart off the Peacock Throne — the humiliation that made clear the Mughals were done.

*12th Mughal Emperor from 1719 to 1748*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/muhammad-shah

## Identity
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1702-08-17
- **Died:** 1748-04-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born Roshan Akhtar in 1702, he became emperor in 1719 only because the Sayyid Brothers of Barha needed a pliable teenager. By 1722 he'd orchestrated both their deaths — one murdered at Fatehpur Sikri, the other captured in battle and fatally poisoned — with help from Nizam-ul-Mulk. Free of his handlers, he turned the court into a center for music and art, earning the nickname "Rangila" (the colorful) and taking the pen-name Sadrang. The bloom didn't last. In 1739 Nader Shah's Persian army stormed into India, sacked Delhi, and left the capital stripped and the empire exposed as a shell. Muhammad Shah ruled until 1748, but the shock of that invasion — which horrified even the British watching from the margins — marked the point of no return.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 3.2 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 22.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 9.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 50.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q558714)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Shah)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Muhammad%20Shah)
- [محمد شاه قورکانی](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C)
- [Məhəmməd Şah (Moğol)](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C9%99h%C9%99mm%C9%99d_%C5%9Eah_(Mo%C4%9Fol))
- [मुहम्मद शाह](https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9)
- [মুহাম্মদ শাহ](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A6_%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9)
- [Muhàmmad Xah de Delhi](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muh%C3%A0mmad_Xah_de_Delhi)
- [محەمەد شا گۆڕکانی](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%DB%95%D9%85%DB%95%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%A7_%DA%AF%DB%86%DA%95%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C)
- [Muhammad Shah](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Shah)
- [Μουχαμάντ Σαχ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%A3%CE%B1%CF%87)
- [Muhammad Ŝaho](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_%C5%9Caho)
- [Muhammad Shah](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Shah)
- [محمدشاه گورکانی](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C)
- [Muhammad Shah](https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Shah)
- [Muhammad Shâh (Moghol)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Sh%C3%A2h_(Moghol))
- [מוחמד שאה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%93_%D7%A9%D7%90%D7%94)
- [मुहम्मद शाह (मुग़ल)](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A6_%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9_(%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%B2))
- [Muhammad Shah](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Shah)
- [Muhammad Shah](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Shah)
- [ムハンマド・シャー (ムガル皇帝)](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A0%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9E%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC_(%E3%83%A0%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AB%E7%9A%87%E5%B8%9D))
- [მუჰამად-შაჰი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A3%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%93-%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%B0%E1%83%98)
- [മുഹമ്മദ് ഷാ](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%BE)
- [Muhammad Shah (Mogolkeizer)](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Shah_(Mogolkeizer))
- [ਮੁਹੰਮਦ ਸ਼ਾਹ](https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A6_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B9)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Muhammad_Shah)
- [ناصر الدين محمد شاه](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87)
- [ناصر الدين محمد شاه](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87)

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