HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Question
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Bahadur Shah
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Farrukh-Siyar
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Muhammad Shah
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Aurangzeb
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Detailed explanation-1: -Farrukh-Siyar became the Mughal Emperor from 1713-1719 once he murdered Jahandar Shah. He was the son of Azim-ush-Shan and Sahiba Nizwan. During his reign, in 1717, he issued a Farman which gave the British East India company the right to trade freely except for an annual payment of 3000 rupees.
Detailed explanation-2: -Notes: Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiyar granted a forman to the East India Company, which is regarded as Magna Carta in the year 1717. As per the Farman the import and export duty of the company was exempted from the customs duty. Issuing of Dastak was permitted for transportation of goods.
Detailed explanation-3: -Farrukhsiyar or Farrukh Siyar (Persian: ) (Persian pronunciation: [farʊx’sɪjar]) (20 August 1683 – 9 April 1719) was the tenth emperor of the Mughal Empire from 1713 to 1719. He rose to the throne after assassinating his uncle, Emperor Jahandar Shah.