who were the kingmaker? why were they called so
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A kingmaker is a person or group that has great influence on a royal or political succession, without themselves being a viable candidate. Kingmakers may use political, monetary, religious, and military means to influence the succession.
They were so called because of their ability to decide who was going to be the next king/ruler of a particular kingdom. They literally, made any person into a king.
Originally, the term applied to the activities of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick—"Warwick the Kingmaker"—during the Wars of the Roses in England.
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Farrukshiyar was ruler only in name.
He was controlled by the Sayyid brothers - Abdullah Khan Baraha and Husain Ali Khan Baraha.
They were known as the king makers.
In 1719, They removed Farrukshiyar from The Throne.
Within a year, they placed and removed two more rulers.
In 1720, the Sayyid brothers made Muhammad Shah the emperor.
Muhammad Shah stripped the Sayyid brothers of their power.