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2 indignity. On the approach of Sindhia, who was the emperor’s supporter,
3 the Rohilla chief fled, but was discovered and executed. The blind emperor
4 was once more seated on the throne, but the whole of the imperial dominions
5 in India had now lapsed to Sindhia, and nothing remained of the Moghal
6 royalty but the name. Shah Alam II” died in 1807 A.D., at the advanced
7 age of eighty one years, and was succeeded by his son Abul Ndsar Moin-ud-din
8 Akber Shah II, who died in 1821.
9 It would be foreign to the object of this work to trace the conquests
10 of the British in India; and, the Moghal power having collapsed at this
11 period, we proceed with our narrative of another race which was gaining
12 political strength and organization in the Panjdéb. This will form the
13 subject of a separate volume.
14 * He struck coin bearing the following inscription :—
15 a ULas apsle yes er RD x Oj ap Sow
16 slaaly gs xlL& geass wd rl
17 “The shadow of God’s mercy, the defender of religion, Muhammad Shah Alam, the
18 emperor, put his stamp on the seven climes,” .
19 Another coin had the inscription :—
20 Bl o8Lj 9B) (AS Galo aha
21 slash gis slé some 2d awle
22 Q Shah Alam the emperor, through the favour of God, struck coin like that of Sahib
23 urdn, ; :
24 But is reinstated b
25 the Mahrattas, ,
26 His death, 1807,
27 Dissolution of the
28 Moghaliempire,
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