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Contest for succession to Aurangzīb . . . . . . . 319 A‘zam defeated by Bahādur Shāh at Sāmogarh . . . . . 320 War in Rājputāna . . . . . . . 321 Sikh revolt . . . . . . . 322 War with Banda the Sikh Gurū . . . . . . . 323 Death and character of Bahādur Shāh . . . . . . 324 Fight between Bahādur Shāh’s sons . . . . . . . 325 Jahāndār Shāh succeeds to throne . . . . . . . 326 Farrukh-siyar’s advance from Patna . . . . . . . 327 Battle between Jahāndār and Farrukh-siyar . . . . . . 328 Jahāndār’s defeat and flight . . . . . . . 329 Farrukh-siyar’s coronation . . . . . . . 330 His new appointments . . . . . . . 331 The Turānī and Īrānī factions . . . . . . . 331 Farrukh-siyar’s character . . . . . . . 332 Sayyid brothers break with Farrukh-siyar . . . . . . 333 Plots against the Sayyids . . . . . . . 334 Sikh Gurū Banda captured . . . . . . . 335 Churāman consolidates Jāt power . . . . . . . 336 Farrukh-siyar again plots against the Sayyids . . . . . . 337 Pretence of reconciliation . . . . . . . 338 Farrukh-siyar deposed and murdered . . . . . . . 339 Rafī‘-ud-Darajāt placed on throne . . . . . . . 339 Nikū-siyar proclaimed at Agra . . . . . . . 340 Death of Rafī‘-ud-Darajāt . . . . . . . 340 Rafī‘-ud-Daula enthroned as Shāh Jahān II . . . . . . 340 Death of Rafī‘-ud-Daula and succession of Muhammad Shāh . . . . 340