Editing Muhammad Azam Shah (section)

==Subahdar of Bengal==
Prince Azam was appointed the governor (''[[Subahdar]]'') of [[Berar Subah]], [[Malwa]] and [[Bengal]] from 1678 to 1701 upon the death of his predecessor, Azam Khan Koka.<ref name=bpedia/> He successfully captured the [[Kamrup region]] in February 1679. He founded the incomplete [[Lalbagh Fort]] in Dacca. During his administration, Mir Maula was appointed ''[[Diwan (title)|Diwan]]'' and Muluk Chand as ''Huzur-Navis'' for revenue collection.<ref name=bpedia/> Prince Azam was recalled by Aurangzeb and left Dacca on 6 October 1679.<ref name=bpedia>{{cite book |last=Karim |first=Abdul |year=2012 |chapter=Muhammad Azam, Prince |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Muhammad_Azam,_Prince |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}</ref> Under [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]] Bengal went under administration of the [[Nawabs of Murshidabad]].

He later became the governor of [[Gujarat]] from 1701 to 1706.