Battle of Jajau | |||||||
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Part of Mughal war of succession (1707) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Bahadur Shah I Supported by ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Muhammad Azam Shah † Bidar Bakht † Alivardi Khan Jawan Bakht † Sikandar Shan † Wala Jah † Ali Tabar † Khan Alam Dakhvini † Munawwar Khan Zulfiqar Khan Asad Khan Amanullah Khan † Jai Singh II Rao Dalpat Bundela † Ram Singh Hada † Mirza Sadr-ud-din Muhammad Khan Tarbiyat Khan † Mutallib Khan Salabat Khan † Aqil Khan † Safawi Khan Bakhshi † Shujat Khan † Ibrahim Khan Tabrizi Usman Khan Matlab Khan (WIA) Khudabanda Khan (WIA) Muhammad Bakir † Mir Atash † Muhammad Ishaq † Ibrahim Khan † Ahmad Khan † Darya Khan † Sayyid Abdullah † Sherani Khan † Abdullah Beg † Hazrat Quli Sistani † Dilawar Khan † Ibrahim Beg Babari † Ismail Khan † Sher Afkan Khan † Mast Ali Khan † Mir Nayaz † Janbaz Khan † Tari Khan † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
170,000 cavalry [7] 195,000 infantry |
90,000 cavalry [8] 40,000 infantry [8] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
10,000 soldiers[9] |
10,000 soldiers[9] 12,000 cavalry [9] | ||||||
Azam Shah and his 3 sons were buried in Humayun's Tomb, Delhi |
The Battle of Jajau was fought between the two Mughal princes and brothers Bahadur Shah I and Muhammad Azam Shah on 20 June 1707. In 1707, their father Aurangzeb died without having declared a successor; instead leaving a will in which he instructed his sons to divide the empire between themselves. Their failure to reach a satisfactory agreement led to a military conflict. After Azam Shah and his three sons were killed in the Battle of Jajau, Bahadur Shah I was crowned as the Mughal emperor on 19 June 1707 at the age of 63.