Researching Shah Alam
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Records of Shah Alam on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Shah Alam in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Shah Alam and the Alam Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Alam Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Alam family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Shah Alam at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Shah Alam using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records about Shah Alam.
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Alam Genealogy Databases
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Alam Forums
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Shah Alam. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Shah Alam
Shah Alam II
Shah Alam II (Persian: ), born as Ali Gohar or Ali Gauhar (25 June 1728 – 19 November 1806) was the seventeenth Mughal Emperor and the son of Alamgir II. Shah Alam II became the emperor of a crumbling Mughal empire. His power was so depleted during his reign that it led to a saying in the Persian language, Sultanat-e-Shah Alam, Az Dilli ta Palam, meaning, 'The empire of Shah Alam is from Delhi to Palam', Palam being a suburb of Delhi.
Shah Alam faced many invasions, mainly by the Emir of Afghanistan, Ahmed Shah Abdali, which led to the Third Battle of Panipat between the Maratha Empire, who maintained suzerainty over Mughal affairs in Delhi and the Afghans led by Abdali. In 1760, the invading forces of Abdali were driven away by the Marathas, led by Sadashivrao Bhau, who deposed Shah Jahan III, the puppet Mughal emperor of Imad-ul-Mulk, and installed Shah Alam II as the rightful emperor under Maratha control.
Shah Alam II was considered the only and rightful emperor, but he was unable to return to Delhi until 1772, under the protection of the Maratha general Mahadaji Shinde. He also fought against the British East India Company at the Battle of Buxar.
Shah Alam II authored his own Diwan of poems and was known by the pen-name Aftab. His poems were guided, compiled and collected by Mirza Fakhir Makin.
Shah Alam also penned famous book Ajaib-ul-Qasas which is considered one of the earliest and prominent book of prose in Urdu.
Source: Shah Alam II, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Alam
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
Ahlin Ahlum Alaimo Alamia Alamo Alan Alen Aleon Alewine Aliano Allain Allam Allamby Allan Allein Alleine Allemby Allen Allena Alleyn Alleyne Allin Allom Allon Allone Allum Allun Allwein Allwine Allyn Alm Almaw Almey Almy Alumbaugh Alwen Alwin Alwine Alywen Alywin Aylen Aylin Aylwin
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