Later Mughals v1.c6.s26.10

v1.c6.s26.10

Bahadur Shah in respect to his sons and other relations reversed the policy of his father. Instead of sending them away to distant provinces as governors, he kept them in attendance on his person. In one way the policy may be called successful. He was troubled by no revolt against his Government headed by a son or near relation, such as had been the case during the reigns of his father and most of his ancestors. To that extent he was justified by events, but as it turned out the struggle for the succession which, at the death of a Mughal Emperor, invariably broke out, if there were more than one son, though not so prolonged was perhaps more intense than ever before.