The Mughal Emperor at the time of Nadir Shah’s attack was
(A) Ahmad Shah
(B) Alamgir II
(C) Muhammad Shah
(D) Rafi-ud-Darjat
Correct Answer : Muhammad Shah
Question Asked : UPPCS (Spl) (Mains) 2004
Muhammad Shah (1719 - 1748) was the last Mughal emperor to sit on Mayur Singhasanl Takht-i-Taus during his reign. Nadir Shah attacked India in 1739 and defeated Mughals in Kamal Battle. The contemporary historian Anand Ram Mukhlis wrote “Nadir Shah took sixty thousand rupees, many thousands gold coins, gold of one crore rupee, jewels of fifty crores, Kohinoor and peacock throne with him to Iran”.
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