BAHADUR SHAH I. (ba-hah'door), a Mogul emperor of Hindustan, 1707-12, the son and successor of Aurangzeb. At the time of the latter's death his eldest surviving son, Prince Muazim, was governor of Kabul, and in his absence the next brother, Azam Shah, assumed the throne. Muazim came down from Kabul, and offered to share the empire with his brother. Azam would not accept the proposal, and was slain on the plains of Agra. Muazim then ascended the throne under the title of Bahadur Shah.