make a list of the later mughal emperor and write his tragic end. long explanation.. please
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Bahadur Shah (1707-1712)
Mu'azzam ascended the throne in 1707 after having killed his brothers on the battlefield, under the title of Bahadur Shah ( also known as Shah Alam-I). A person of a mild temper, learned and dignified, was too old. He could not prevent the decline of the empire due to his sudden death in 1712.
Jahandar Shah (1712 - 1713)
Bahadur Shah's death followed a fresh war of succession among his four sons, Jahandar Shah, Azim-us-Shah, Jahan Shah, and Rafi-is-Shah. The last three were killed in the course of the war and Jahandar Shah managed to ascend the throne. Fate did not allow him to rule, and Azim-us-Shah's son Farrukhsiyar took his toll and ascended the throne.
FARRUKHSIYAR (1713 - 1719)
Farrukhsiyar was feeble, cowardly, and contemptible. He owed his elevation to the throne to two Sayyid brothers, who were the real power in the state. His attempt to assert his power made his reign agitated and perplexing, ending in another imperial tragedy. He was deposed, blinded, and executed by his own Sayyid ministers.
Rafi-ud-Darajat, Rafi-ud-Dallah (1719)
The King-makers (the Sayyid Ministers), 'Abdullah and Hussain Ali, raised to the throne two phantom kings, Rafi-Ud-Darajat & Rafi-ud-Dallah, sons of Rafi-us-Shan. But within few months the Sayyids who determined to rule through the Imperial puppets thought that a youth of eighteen named Roshan Akhtar, son of Jahan Shah could be a better docile agent of them.
MUHAMMAD SHAH (1719 - 1748)
Roshan Akhtar ascended the throne as Muhammad Shah in 1719. The new emperor did not prove to be a docile agent of the Sayyid brothers, Sayyid brothers were soon killed by Muhammad Shah. Young and handsome Muhammad Shah, with all the pleasures, addicted to an inactive life. Though destiny granted him a long reign, he let affairs drift in their way, and soon province after province slipped out of imperial control. The Marathas established their power again, Jats became independent near Agra, the Ruhelas founded Ruhelkand, Sikhs became active in Panjab. The invasion of Nadir Shah of Persia hit the empire with a greater blow. The mighty Mughal empire ceased to exist within three decades of Aurangzeb's death, and the result was a budding of numerous independent states.
AHMAD SHAH BAHADUR (1748 - 1754)
The next emperor, Ahmad Shah, son of Muhammad Shah, was unable to hold the forces together that had grown so alarming. The empire abruptly reduced to a small district around Delhi. The emperor was deposed and blinded in 1754 by the wazir Ghazi-ud-din Imad-ul-Mulk, a grandson of the deceased Nizam-ul-Mulk of the Deccan who now played the role of Kingmaker.
ALAMGIR-II (1754 - 1759)
'Aziz-ud-din', the son of Jahandar Shah was placed on the throne by the new kingmaker. He adopted the same title as the great Aurangzeb, and called himself 'Alamgir-II'. The new ruler was a kind of 'prisoner on the throne' in the hand of the kingmaker. His attempt to free himself resulted in his ruin, the emperor was put to death by Ghazi-ud-din Imad-ul-Mulk's orders.
SHAH ALAM-II (1759 - 1806)
The son and the successor of Alamgir-II, Shah Alam-II had to move as a wanderer from place to place because of the hostility of the ambitious and unscrupulous wazir. Having been blinded by the Afghan chief Gulam Qadir, he was saved by the Maratha Sindhia. After 1803, the year in which the British took control of Delhi and this unlucky sovereign had to throw himself ultimately on the protection of the English and live as their pensioner till his death in AD 1806.
AKBAR II (1806 - 1837) & BAHADUR SHAH-II (1837 - 1858)
With the British control, all that remained by way of an empire for the emperors Akbar-II and Bahadur Shah-II was their shabby residence in Delhi's Red Fort, where they allotted a home. A symbol of the durability of a once glorious empire, the Great Mughal was still officially recognized as the potentate. British maintained the authority of the puppet dynast to legitimize their presence. But in 1857, it backfired them, during the Sepoy rebellion. To counter the British power, the sepoys proclaimed Bahadur Shah-II emperor of Hindustan. But after the mutiny at Meerut, the British emerged victoriously, and Bahadur Shah-II was accused of disruption, treason, and rebellion. He was condemned to exile in Burma. The descendants were executed, and the glorious Mughal empire was swept away once and for all.