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The Battle of Jajau was fought between the two Mughal princes and brothers Bahadur Shah I and Muhammad Azam Shah on 20 June 1707. Their father, Aurangzeb, had died in 1707 without having declared a successor, but he had left a will in which he instructed his sons to divide the kingdom 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 was crowned as the Mughal emperor on 19 June 1707 at the age of 63. == Background and preparations == After a 49-year reign, the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb died in 1707 without officially declaring a crown prince. He left a will advising his sons to divide the empire between themselves. At the time of Aurangzeb's death, his eldest son, Bahadur Shah I, was stationed at Jamrud (12 miles west of Peshawar in present-day Pakistan). His second son, Muhammad Azam Shah, was stationed at Ahmednagar (in present-day India). With the distance between Jamrud and Agra and between Ahmednagar and Agra being 715 and 700 miles, respectively, whoever reached the capital city of Agra first would capture the Mughal throne. Even before Aurangzeb died, Bahadur Shah I had made preparations for a battle for the Mughal throne. With the help of Munim Khan, the ''naib subahdar'' of Lahore, he gathered troops from local rulers in Beas and Satluj. He had built bridges and improved the roads between Lahore and Peshawar. He was also successful in persuading Rao Budh Singh (the king of Bundi) and Bijai Singh of Kachhwa to send their soldiers to him. With his children, Khujista Akhtar and Rafi-ush-Shan, Bahadur Shah reached Lahore and declared himself the Mughal ruler on 3 May 1707. After taking 28 lakh rupees, he left the city on 5 May 1707. By 1 June, he reached Delhi. Reaching the city, he visited the Nizamuddin Dargah and the shrine of Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki. From the Red Fort, he took 30 lakh rupees, and on 3 June, he resumed his journey. By 12 June, he had reached Agra and camped in Poyah Ghat on the outskirts of the city. Baqi Khan Qul, commandant of the Agra Fort, surrendered the fort to Munim Khan, who subsequently sealed the treasury. Bahadur Shah sent a letter to Azam Shah asking him to be content with Southern India, the part of India which had been willed to him by their father Aurangzeb. He also wrote that, if he was not happy with his part, then he was ready to give him the territories of Gujarat and Ajmer. He added that, if Azam Shah was not satisfied with this offer, he would have to use the "sword to decide" the monarch of the kingdom. In his reply, Azam wrote: My share is from the floor to the roof of the house. Yours is from the roof to the firmament. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Battle of Jajau」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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