sentences:  Bahadur Shah I died in 1712, and his successor Jahandar Shah was assassinated on the orders of the Sayyid Brothers.In 1713, Jahandar's nephew Farrukhsiyar (r. 1713–1719) became the emperor with the brothers' help.His reign marked the ascendancy of the brothers, who monopolised state power and reduced the Emperor to a figurehead.