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Which son succeeded Aurangzeb as the Emperor of India under the title of Bahadur Shah?
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Mohammad Muazzam
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Mohammad Muazzam succeeded Aurangzeb as the Emperor of India under the title of Bahadur Shah. He was the third son of the emperor Aurangzeb and was born in Burhanpur in 1643. In his father's lifetime, Muazzam was deputed governor of the Northwest Territories by Aurangzeb. Upon the death of Aurangzeb on 3rdMarch, 1707, Mohammad Muazzam Shah proclaimed himself Emperor and seized the throne.