Farrukhsiyar - Reign

Reign

Jahandar Shah was defeated at the Second Battle of Samugarh near Agra on 10 January 1713. Following this, the Sayyid Brothers, helped Farukhsiyar to secure his throne. He took the throne On 11 January 1713, at the age of 30. Farrukhsiyar had the incumbent Mughal Grand Vizier Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung, Jahandar Shah and his wife Lal Kunwar, and several nobles executed. In the year 1713, Farrukhsiyar wrongfully ordered the execution of the Mughal poet laureate Jafar Zattalli, for composing poems that may have indirectly objected his regime.

Farrukhsiyar's reign marked the ascendancy of the Syed Brothers particularly Syed Hassan Ali Khan Barha, who was chosen as the Grand Vizier of the Mughal Empire, he is accused of monopolizing state power and reduced the Emperor to an effective figurehead. Farrukhsiyar was also a very manipulative he would spend most of his reign trying to bribe notable Mughal servicemen to overthrow the Syed Brothers, among those to fall victims to such schemes was the courageous Daud Khan Panni, Asaf Jah I refused to involve in any internal conflict and was disfavored by Farrukhsiyar.

In the year 1713, Mubariz Khan, had been appointed Subedar of the Deccan by Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar, he had successfully restored law and order in the Deccan.

In the year 1714, Ibrahim Khan the Mughal Faujdar of Ghoraghat and Dhaka once again defeated Yanja Narayan an ally of Druk Rabgye the ruler of Bhutan and consolidated territories for the Mughal Empire in Koch Bihar particularly at Karjihat, Kakina and Fatehpur Chakla.

The Sikh leader Banda was finally dealt with, when the experienced Mughal commander Abdus Samad Khan Bahadur and his son Zakariya Khan Bahadur including Zain ud-din Ahmad Khan the new Faujdar of Sirhind with 7000 troops, Qamar-ud-Din Khan Bahadur with 20,000 troops, had him surrounded during the Siege of Gurdaspur. Although Banda's followers ferociously resisted their escape attempts were constantly foiled and after an 8 month siege by the Mughal Army, the Sikhs surrendered on 17 December 1715. Banda and his followers were then taken to Delhi and executed by the orders of Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar in the year 1716.

In the year 1716, Murshid Quli Khan, a very influential Mughal serviceman since the days of Aurangzeb emerged to become the first Nawab of Bengal, he had established a sophisticated taxation and administrative system, which was probably the best in the empire and contributed a hefty tribute of 10 million dams per year to the Mughal imperial court.

Farrukhsiyar, is also known to have sent a letter to the Ottomans which was received by the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Sultan Ahmad III, providing a graphic description of the informing him of the efforts of the Mughal commander Syed Hassan Ali Khan Barha against the Rajput and Maratha rebellion.

In the year 1718, the highly capable Noor Mohammad Kalhoro emerged as the Subedar of Sindh and was given the imperial title Khuda-Yar Khan, by Farrukhsiyar.