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The Nawab of Awadh or Nawab of Oudh / ˈ aʊ d / was the title of the rulers of Kingdom of Awadh (anglicised as Oudh) in northern India during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Nawabs of Awadh belonged to an Iranian dynasty [1] [2] [3] of Sayyid origin [4] [5] from Nishapur, Iran.
Saadat Khan Nishapuri (born Mir Muhammad Amin; c. 1680 – 19 March 1739) was the first Nawab of Kingdom of Awadh from 26 January 1722 to 1739 and the son of Muhammad Nasir. [2] At age 25, he accompanied his father on the final campaign of the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb against the Marathas in the Deccan , and the emperor awarded him the title of ...
The two figures holding the pennants are intended to be fish, seen also on the Awadh flag. Mirza Wajid Ali Shah (Urdu: واجد علی شاه) (30 July 1822 – 1 September 1887) was the eleventh and last King of Awadh, holding the position for 9 years, from 13 February 1847 to 11 February 1856. [1] [2]
Nawab Saadat Ali Khan II. Nawab Nasiruddin Haider. The Kingdom of Awadh (/ ˈ aʊ d /, [1] also Oudh State, Kingdom of Oudh, Awadh Subah, Oudh Subah or Awadh State) was a Mughal subah, then an independent kingdom, and lastly a princely state in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the British in 1856.
Awadh was established in 1722. with Faizabad as its capital. Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula's son Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula, the fourth Nawab of Awadh, shifted the capital from Faizabad to Lucknow; this led to the decline of Faizabad and rise of Lucknow. Just as Banares is known for its mornings, so Lucknow is for its evenings.
Asaf-ud-Dowlah became Nawab at the age of 26, on the death of his father, Shuja-ud-Daula, on 28 January 1775. [3] He assumed the throne with the aid of the British East India Company, outmanoeuvring his younger brother Saadat Ali who led a failed mutiny in the army.
Wazir Ali Khan (19 April 1780 – 15 May 1817) was the fourth Nawab of Kingdom of Awadh from 21 September 1797 to 21 January 1798 and the adopted son of Asaf-Ud-Daulah.
Wazir-ul-Mamalik-e-Hindustan Asaf Jah Jamat-ul-Mulk Shuja-ud-Daula Nawab Abul Mansur Khan Bahadur Safdar Jang Sipah Salar (c. 1708 – 5 October 1754), better known as Safdar Jang, was the second Nawab of Kingdom of Awadh succeeding Saadat Ali Khan I (his maternal uncle and father-in-law) in the year 1739. All future Nawabs of Awadh were ...