Later Mughals v1.c6.s25.10

v1.c6.s25.10

During the night of the 27th February, 1712, the Emperor died. By Kamwar Khan's account it would appear that his complaint was enlargement of the spleen.* Maulavi Muradullah, Mahfuz Khan and Abdul Qadir prepared the body for burial and laid it in a bier. It lay unburied until the succession of the throne had been decided, when it was despatched to Dihli on the 11th April in the charge of Bibi Mihr-Parwar, the Emperor's widow, and of Chin Qilich Muhammad Khan, and on its arrival there on the 15th May it was buried in the courtyard of a marble mosque erected by Alamgir near the shrine of Qutb-ud-din Kaki. As he was born on the 30th Rajab 1053 he was 70 (lunar) years, 5 months, 20 days at his death. Counting from the date of Alamgir's death (28th Zul Qada 1118), the official date of accession (18th Zul Hijja 1118), the enthronement at Lahor (30th Muharram) or the victory over Azam Shah (18th Rabi I. 1119) respectively he had reigned 5 (lunar) years 1 m. 22 d., 5 (lunar) years 1 m. 2 d., 4 (lunar) years 11 m. 20 d., or 4 lunar years 10 m. 2 d. The official date of accession to the throne was the 18th Zul Hijja 1118, the date on which Bahadur Shah heard of his father's death. His full titles were Abul-nasr Sayyid Qutb-ud-din Muhammad Shah Alam Bahadur Shah Badshah. After his death he is styled by native historians Khuld-manzil or 'Departed to Paradise'.†