Nawab of Awadh

Nawab of Awadh
Details
First monarch Saadat Ali Khan I
Last monarch Birjis Qadr
Formation 30 April 1722
Abolition 8 July 1859
Appointer Hereditary

The Nawab of Awadh or the Nawab of Oudh /ˈaʊd/ was the title of the rulers who governed the state of Awadh (anglicised as Oudh) in north India during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Nawabs of Awadh belonged to a dynasty of Persian origin from Nishapur, Iran.[1][2][3] In 1724, Nawab Sa'adat Khan established the Oudh State with their capital in Faizabad and Lucknow.

History

List of rulers

All of these rulers used the title of Nawab from 1722 to 1856:

Portrait Titular Name Personal Name Birth Reign Death
Burhan ul Mulk Sa'adat Khan
برہان الملک سعادت خان‬		 Saadat Ali Khan I 1680 Nishapur, Khurasan, Safavid dynasty, Persia 1722 – 19 March 1739 1739
Abul-Mansur Khan Safdar Jung
ابو المنصور خان صفدرجنگ‬		 Muhammad Muqim 1708 1739 – 5 October 1754 1754
Shuja-ud-Daula
شجاع الدولہ‬		 Jalal-ud-din Haider Abul-Mansur Khan 1732 1754 – 26 January 1775 1775
Asaf-ud-Daula
آصف الدولہ‬		 Muhammad Yahya Mirza Amani 1748 26 January 1775 – 21 September 1797 1797
Asif Jah Mirza Wazir Ali Khan
وزیر علی خان‬		 1780 21 September 1797 – 21 January 1798 1817
Yamin-ud-Daula Saadat Ali Khan II
سعادت علی خان‬		 1752 21 January 1798 – 11 July 1814 1814
Rafa'at-ud-Daula
Padshah-i-Awadh		 Abul-Muzaffar Ghazi-ud-din Haydar Khan
غازی الدیں حیدر‬		 1769 11 July 1814 – 19 October 1827 1827
Nasir-ud-din Haidar Shah Jahan
ناصر الدیں حیدر شاہ ‌جہاں‬		 Abul-Mansur Qutb-ud-din Sulaiman Jah 1827 19 October 1827 – 7 July 1837 1837
Abul Fateh Moin-ud-din Muhammad Ali Shah
محمّد علی شاہ‬		 1777 7 July 1837 – 7 May 1842 1842
Najm-ud-Daula Abul-Muzaffar Musleh-ud-din Amjad Ali Shah
امجد علی شاہ‬		 1801 7 May 1842 – 13 February 1847 1847
Abul-Mansur Mirza Wajid Ali Shah
واجد علی شاہ‬		 1822 13 February 1847 – 11 February 1856 21 September 1887
Begum Hazrat Mahal
بیگم حضرت محل‬		 Muhammadi Khanum 1820 May 1856 – 1858
Wife of Wajid Ali Shah and mother of Birjis Qadra		 7 April 1879
Birjis Qadr
برجیس قدر‬		 Ramzan Ali
رمضان علی‬		 1845 1858–1859
(in rebellion)		 14 August 1893

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sacred space and holy war: the politics, culture and history of Shi'ite Islam By Juan Ricardo Cole
  2. ↑ Encyclopædia Iranica, , R. B. Barnett
  3. ↑ Art and culture: endeavours in interpretation by Ahsan Jan Qaisar, Som Prakash Verma, Mohammad Habib

Further reading

  • Ashirbadi Lal Srivastava (1899-1973): The First Two Nawabs of Awadh. A critical study based on original sources. With a foreword by Sir Jadunath Sarkar. Lucknow : The Upper India Publishing House 1933. xi, 301 S. - Originally Phil. Diss. Lucknow 1932. 2. rev. and corr. ed. Agra : Shiv Lal Agarwal 1954. - About Burhan ul Mulk Sa'adat Khan (1680-1739) and Safdar Jang (1708-1754), Nawabs of Awadh
  • Ashirbadi Lal Srivastava (1899-1973): Shuja-ud-Daulah. Vol. I (1754-1765). Calcutta : Sarkar Midland Press 1939 - A thesis approved for the degree of doctor of letters by the Agra University in 1938. 2., rev. and corr. ed. Agra : Shiva Lal Agarwala 1961. - Vol. II (1765-1775) Lahore : Minerva 1945. 2. ed. Agra : Agarwal 1974. - About Shuja-ud-Daula (1732-1775), Nawab of Awadh
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