List of Mughal Emperors

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Here is a list of Mughal emperors. The spelling and dates are from Zeno, the links lead to Wikipedia. Three names on Zeno's list were not found in Wikipedia (one does have a reference stub) and one pretender in Wikipedia did not show up in Zeno. Both are in this list. The part of the name in bold denotes how the Mughal in question is often referred to. Official names (see Wikipedia) are often even longer. Dates do not refer to the dates on the coins but to actual dates of reign.

This list is only for fast lookup of background. It does not refer to the coins on this board. For an index of the coins, see this thread. Please use this thread for comments.

ruler name	AH	AD
Zahir al-din Muhammad Babar	899-937	1493-1530
Nasr al-din Muhammad Humayun	937-947	1530-1540
Timurid: Kamran Mirza
Timurid: Sulayman Mirza
Nasr al-din Muhammad Humayun (second reign)	962-963	1555-1556
Jalal al-din Muhammad Akbar I	963-1014	1556-1605
Nur al-din Muhammad Jahangir	1014-1037	1605-1627
Dawar Bakhsh (pretender)	1037	1627
Shihab al-din Muhammad Shah Jahan I	1037-1068	1628-1658
Muhammad Murad Bakhsh (pretender)	1068	1658
Shah Shuja (pretender)	1068-1070	1657-1660
Muhayyi al-din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir*	1068-1118	1658-1707
Mirza Muhammad Azam Shah (pretender)	1118-1119	1707
Muhammad Kam Bakhsh (pretender)	1119-1120	1707-1708
Bahadur Shah / Shah Alam I	1119-1124	1707-1712
Azim-ush-Shan Bahadur (pretender)	1124	1712
Muhammad Jahandar Shah	1124	1712
Muhammad Shah Farrukhsiyar	1124-1131	1713-1719
Rafi-ud-Darjat	1131	1719
Shah Jahan II (Rafi-ud-Daula)	1131	1719
Nikusiyar Mohammed (pretender)	1131	1719
Muhammad Ibrahim	1132-1133	1720
Muhammad Shah (Roshan Akhtar)	1131-1161	1719-1748
Ahmad Shah Bahadur	1161-1167	1748-1754
Akbar 'Adil Shah	1166	1753
Aziz al-Din Alamgir II	1167-1173	1754-1759
Shah Jahan III	1173-1174	1759-1760
Shah Alam II	1173-1221	1759-1806
Bedar Bakht	1202-1203	1788
Muhammad Akbar II	1221-1253	1806-1837
Siraj al-Din Muhammad Bahadur Shah II Zafar	1253-1273	1837-1857

* Also known as Alamgir I

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This post illustrates how the names of the rulers occur on their coins. There may be others out there. The intention of the post is that if you have found the date on the coin, you can check if the correct name appears on it. Another possibility is to work back find a date range for coins where the date is off-flan with the help of the name of the ruler.

The pictures were chosen by our best experts on Indian coins. Please use the thread linked to above for comments and questions.

Peter

Babur

Humayun

Akbar I

Jahangir

Dawar (pretender)
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Shah Jahan I

Murad Bakhsh (pretender)

Shah Shuja (pretender)
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Aurangzeb (Alamgir I)

Azam Shah (pretender)
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Kam Bakhsh (pretender)
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Shah Alam I

Azim-ush-Shan (pretender)
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Jahandar Shah

Farrukhsiyar

Rafi-ud-Darjat

Shah Jahan II

Nikusiyar (pretender)
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Muhammad Ibrahim
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Muhammad Shah

Ahmad Shah

Akbar 'Adil Shah
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Alamgir II

Shah Jahan III
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Shah Alam II

Bedar Bakht
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Akbar II

Bahadur Shah II