Biography of rafi ul darjat
Mirza Rafi ud-Darajat; 1 December – 6 June was briefly the Eleventh Mughal emperor.
He was placed on the throne by the Sayyid brothers after they deposed, blinded, imprisoned and executed emperor Farrukhsiyar with the help of Maharaja Ajit Singh and the Marathas in.
Rafi ud-Darajat
Brief Mughal emperor in 1719
Mirza Rafi ud-Darajat (Persian pronunciation:[ɾa.fiːʔ.ud.da.ɾa.ˈd͡ʒɑːt]); 1 December 1699 – 6 June 1719) was briefly the Eleventh Mughal emperor.
He was the youngest son of Rafi-ush-Shan, the nephew of Azim-ush-Shan and a grandson of Bahadur Shah I.
He was placed on the throne by the Sayyid brothers after they deposed, blinded, imprisoned and executed emperor Farrukhsiyar with the help of Maharaja Ajit Singh and the Marathas in 1719.[1][2]
Reign
Sayyid Brothers
Rafi ud-Darajat owed his throne to the Sayyid brothers - Sayyid Hassan Ali Khan Barha and Sayyid Hussain Ali Khan Barha - who had deposed emperor Farrukhsiyar with the help of Ajit Singh of Marwar and Balaji Vishwanath in 1719 and made themselves badishahgar (kingmakers).
His short reign would be as a puppet ruler to the brothers.
Marathas
Having been helped by the Marathas in his accession[3][4], Rafi ud-Daraj