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Bengal Subah The Bengal Subah was a subdivision of the Mughal Empire encompassing much

Subah of Bengal

of the Bengal region, which includes modern Bangladesh and the Indian state of

‫( ﺼﻮﺑﻪ ﺑﻨﮕﺎل‬Persian ) বাংলার সু বাহ (Bengali )

West Bengal between the 16th and 18th centuries. The state was established following the dissolution of the Bengal Sultanate, when the region was absorbed into one of the largest empires in the world. The Mughals played an important role

Subdivision of the Mughal Empire

in developing modern Bengali culture and society . Bengal was the Mughal Empire's wealthiest province.[3] It generated 50% of the empire's GDP and 12% of the world's GDP.[4] According to economic historian Indrajit Ray, it was globally prominent in industries such as textile manufacturing and shipbuilding,[5] with the capital Dhaka having a population exceeding a

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emerged as a quasi-independent state, under the Nawabs of Bengal, before being conquered by the British East India Company at the Battle of Plassey in 1757, which directly contributed to the Industrial Revolution in Britain[6][7][8][9] (such as textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution), but led to deindustrialization in Bengal.[6][7][8][4]

Contents History Mughal Empire Nawabs of Bengal Maratha invasions British colonization Military campaigns Architecture Art

A German map from 1740 showing North India and Central Asia, including Mughal Bengal on the eastern flank

Capital

Dhaka (1608–39 and 1660–1704)[1] Murshidabad (17041757) Rajmahal (1595-96 and 1639-1660)[2] Tandah

Government

Viceregal

Historical era • Battle of Raj Mahal • Nawabs of Bengal • Battle of Plassey

Early modern period

Demographics Population Religion Immigration Economy and trade Agrarian reform Industrial economy Administrative divisions Government List of Viceroys List of Nawab Nazims See also References

Today part

1576 1717 1757

History

of

Bangladesh India

Mughal Empire The Mughal absorption of Bengal began during the reign of the first Mughal emperor Babur. In 1529, Babur defeated Sultan Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah of the Bengal Sultanate during the Battle of Ghaghra. Babur later annexed parts of Bengal. His son and successor Humayun occupied the Bengali capital Gaur, where he stayed for six months.[10] Humayun was later forced to seek in refuge in Persia because of Sher Shah Suri's conquests. Sher Shah Suri briefly interrupted the reigns of the both the Mughals and Bengal Sultans. After the defeat of expansionist Bengal Sultan Daud Khan Karrani at Rajmahal in 1576, Mughal padshah (emperor) Akbar the Great announced the creation of Bengal as one of the original twelve Subahs (top-level provinces), bordering Bihar and Orissa subahs, as well asBurma. Bengal's physical features gave it such a fertile soil, and a favourable climate that it

The Mughal absorption of Bengal progressed during the reigns of the first two emperors Babur and Humayun

became a terminus of a continent-wide process of Turko-Mongol conquest and migration, informs Prof. Richard Eaton.[11] The Mughal conquest of Bengal began with the decisive victory of Akbar's army over the independent Afghan ruler of the province Daud Karrani, at Tukaroi (near Danton, Midnapore district) on March 3, 1575. It took many years to overcome the resistance of ambitious and local chiefs. By a royal decree of November 24, 1586 Akbar introduced uniform subah administration throughout the empire. However, in Tapan Raychaudhuri's view the consolidation of Mughal power in Bengal and the pacification of the province really began in 1594.[12] Most prominent local chiefs or landlords being the 'Bara Bhuiyas' or Baro-Bhuyans (twelve bhuiyas). Many of the chiefs subjugated by the Mughals, some of the Bara Bhuiyas in particular, were Hindu or Pathan upstarts who grabbed territories during the transition from Afghan to Mughal rule, but a few such as the Rajas of Bishnupur, Susang, and Chandradwip; were older Hindu princes who had ruled independently from time immemorial.[13] By the 17th century, the Mughals subdued opposition from the Baro-Bhuyans landlords, notably Isa Khan. Bengal was integrated into a powerful and prosperous empire; and shaped by imperial policies of pluralistic government. The Mughals built a new imperial metropolis in Dhaka from 1610, with well-developed fortifications, gardens, tombs, palaces and mosques. It served

Akbar developed the modern Bengali calendar

as the Mughal capital of Bengal for 75 years.[14] The city was renamed in honour of Emperor Jahangir. Dhaka emerged as the commercial capital of the Mughal Empire, given that it was the centre for the empire's largest exports: cotton muslin textiles.[15] The Mughal conquest of Chittagong in 1666 defeated the (Burmese) Kingdom of Arakan and reestablished Bengali control of the port city, which was renamed as Islamabad.[16] The Chittagong Hill Tracts frontier region was made a tributary state of Mughal Bengal and a treaty was signed with theChakma Circle in 1713.[17] Between 1576 and 1717, Bengal was ruled by a Mughal Subedar (imperial governor). Members of the imperial family were often appointed to the position. Viceroy Prince Shah Shuja was the son of Emperor Shah Jahan. During the struggle for succession with his brothers Prince Aurangazeb, Prince Dara Shikoh and Prince Murad Baksh, Prince Shuja proclaimed himself as the Mughal Emperor in Bengal. He was eventually defeated by the armies of Aurangazeb. Shuja fled to the Kingdom of Arakan, where he and his family were killed on the orders of the King at Mrauk U. Shaista Khan was an influential viceroy during the reign of Aurangazeb. He consolidated Mughal control of eastern Bengal. Prince Muhammad Azam Shah, who served as one of Bengal's viceroys, was installed on the Mughal throne for four months in 1707. Viceroy Ibrahim Khan II gave permits to English and French traders for

commercial activities in Bengal. The last viceroy Prince Azim-us-Shan gave permits for the establishment of the British East India Company's Fort William in Calcutta, the French East India Company's Fort Orleans in Chandernagore and the Dutch East India Company's fort in Chinsura. During Azim-us-Shan's tenure, his prime minister Murshid Quli Khan emerged as a powerful figure in Bengal. Khan gained control of imperial finances. Azim-us-Shan was transferred to Bihar. In 1717, the Mughal Court upgraded the prime minister's position to the hereditary Nawab of Bengal. Khan founded a new capital in Murshidabad. His descendants formed the Nasiri dynasty. Alivardi Khan founded a new dynasty in 1740. The Nawabs ruled over a territory which included Bengal proper,Bihar and Orissa.

Nawabs of Bengal The authority of the Mughal Court rapidly disintegrated in the 18th century, following the rise of the Maratha Empire in India and foreign invasions by Nader Shah of Persia and Ahmad Shah Abdali of Afghanistan. In Bengal, the system saw most wealth hoarded by the elites, with low wages for manual labour.

Dhaka, the capital of Bengal, was named Jahangir Nagar in honor of the fourth Mughal monarch Jahangir

The Nawabs of Bengal entered into treaties with numerous European colonial powers, including joint-stock companies representing Britain, Austria, Denmark, France and the Netherlands.

Maratha invasions The resurgent Hindu Maratha Empire launched brutal raids against the prosperous Bengali state in the 18th century, which further added to the decline of the Nawabs of Bengal. A decade of ruthlessMaratha invasions of Bengalfrom the 1740s to early 1750s forced the Nawab of Bengal to pay Rs. 1.2 million of tribute annually as the Chauth of Bengal and Bihar to the Marathas, and the Marathas agreed not to invade

A sculpture of the Nawab's royal peacock barge, Los Angeles County Museum

Bengal again.[18][19] The expeditions, led by Raghuji Bhonsle of Nagpur, also established the De facto Maratha control over Orissa, which was formally incorporated in the Maratha Dominion in 1752.[18][19][20] The Nawab of Bengal also paid Rs. 3.2 million to the Marathas, towards the arrears of chauth for the preceding years.[21] The chauth was paid annually by the Nawab of Bengal to the Marathas up to 1758, until the British occupation of Bengal.[22] During their occupation of Bihar[23] and western Bengal up to the Hooghly River,[24] the Maratha invaders, called "Bargi" in Bengali, perpetrated atrocities against the local population.[24] The Marathas are estimated to have killed about 400,000 people.[25][23] This devastated Bengal's economy, as many of the people killed in the Maratha raids included merchants, textile weavers,[23] silk winders, and mulberry cultivators.[25] The Cossimbazar factory reported in 1742, for example, that the Marathas burnt down many of the houses where silk piece goods were made, along with weavers' looms.[23]

British colonization By the late-18th century, the British East India Companyemerged as the foremost military power in the region, defeating the Frenchallied Siraj-ud-Daulah at the Battle of Plassey in 1757, that was largely brought about by the betrayal of the Nawab's once trusted general Mir Jafar. The company gained administrative control over the Nawab's dominions, including Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. It gained the right to collect taxes on behalf of the Mughal Court after the Battle of Buxar in 1765. Bengal, Bihar and Orissa were made part of the Bengal Presidency and annexed into the British colonial empire in 1793. The Indian mutiny of 1857 formally ended the authority of the Mughal court, when theBritish Raj replaced Company rule in India.

Other European powers also carved out small colonies on the territory of Mughal Bengal, including the Dutch East India Company's Dutch Bengal settlements, the French colonial settlement in Chandernagore, the Danish colonial settlement in Serampore and the Habsburg Monarchy Ostend Company settlement in Bankipur.

Military campaigns According to João de Barros,[26] Bengal enjoyed military supremacy over Arakan and Tripura due to good

artillery.[27]

Its forces possessed notable large cannons. It

was also a major exporter of gunpowder and saltpeter to Europe.[28][29] The Mughal

British soldiers firing at Bengali forces underneath a mango orchard in Plassey (Palashi), 1757

Army built fortifications across the region, including Idrakpur Fort, Sonakanda Fort, Hajiganj Fort, Lalbagh Fort and Jangalbari Fort. The Mughals expelled Arakanese and Portuguese pirates from the northeastern coastline of the Bay of Bengal. Throughout the late medieval and early modern periods, Bengal was notable for its navy and shipbuilding. The following table covers a list of notable military engagements by Mughal Bengal:Conflict

Year(s)

Leader(s)

Enemy

Rival Leader(s)

Result

Battle of Tukaroi

1575

Akbar

Bengal Sultanate

Daud Khan Karrani

Mughal victory

Battle of Raj Mahal

1576

Khan Jahan I

Bengal Sultanate

Daud Khan Karrani

Mughal victory

Conquest of Bhati

1576– 1611

Khan Jahan I Shahbaz Khan Kamboh Man Singh

Baro-Bhuyan

Isa Khan Musa Khan

Mughal victory

Ahom-Mughal conflicts

1615– 1682

Qasim Khan Chishti Mir Jumla Ram Singh I

Ahom kingdom

Ahom kings

Assamese victory

Mughal-Arakan War

1665–66

Shaista Khan

Kingdom of Mrauk U

Thiri Thudhamma

Mughal victory

Battle of Plassey

1757

Siraj-ud-Daulah

British Empire

Robert Clive

British victory

Daud Khan receives a Bibi Mariam Cannon

Jahan Kosha Cannon

Dalmadal Cannon

robe from Munim Khan

Bachhawali Cannon

Battle of Chittagong in 1666

between

the

Mughals and Arakanese

Architecture Mughal architecture proliferated Bengal in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, with the earliest example being the Kherua Mosque in Bogra (1582).[30]

They

earlier

sultanate-style

replaced

the of

architecture. It was in Dhaka that View of the hammam and audience hall in Lalbagh Fort

the imperial style was most lavishly indulged in. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, the old Mughal city was described as the

Venice of the

East.[31]

Its Lalbagh Fort was an elaborately designed complex of

Bengali curved roofs were copied by Mughal architects in other parts of the empire, such as in the Naulakha Pavilion in Lahore

gardens, fountains, a mosque, a tomb, an audience hall (Diwan-i-Khas) and a walled enclosure with gates. The Great Caravanserai and Shaista Khan Caravanserai in Dhaka were centres of commercial activities. Other monuments in the city include the Dhanmondi Shahi Eidgah (1640), the Sat Gambuj Mosque (c. 1664–76), the Shahbaz Khan Mosque (1679) and the Khan Mohammad Mridha Mosque (1704).[30] The city of Murshidabad also became a haven of Mughal architecture under the Nawabs of Bengal, with the Caravanserai Mosque (1723) being its most prominent monument. In rural hinterlands, the indigenous Bengali Islamic style continued to flourish, blended with Mughal elements. One of the finest examples of this style is the Atiya Mosque in Tangail (1609).[30] Several masterpieces of terracotta Hindu temple architecture were also created during this period. Notable examples include theKantajew Temple (1704) and the temples of Bishnupur (1600–1729).

Art

An authentic Bengali-Mughal art was reflected in the muslin fabric of Jamdani (meaning "flower" in Persian). The making of Jamdani was pioneered by Persian weavers. The art passed to the hands of Bengali Muslim weavers known as juhulas. The artisan industry was historically based around the city of Dhaka. The city had over 80,000 weavers. Jamdanis traditionally employ geometric designs in floral shapes. Its motifs are often similar to those in Iranian textile art (buta motif) and Western textile art (paisley). Dhaka's jamdanis enjoyed a loyal following and received imperial patronage from the Mughal court in Delhi and the Nawabs of Bengal.[32][4] A provincial Bengali style of Mughal painting flourished in Murshidabad during the 18th century. Scroll painting and ivory sculptures were also prevalent.

Jamdani muslin

is

Nimtoli Deuri, named after the neem tree, is now a property of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh

a Murshidabad-style

legacy of Mughal Bengal

painting of

a

woman

playing the sitar

Scroll painting of a Ghazi riding a Bengal tiger

Demographics Population Bengal's population is estimated to be 30 million in 1769, after the British East India Company's conquest of Bengal at the Battle of Plassey in 1757 and prior to the resulting Great Bengal famine of 1770.[33] In comparison, the entire Indian population is estimated to be 190 million in 1750[34] (with Bengal accounting for 16% of its population), the Asian population is estimated at 502 million in 1750[35] (with Bengal accounting for 6% of its population), and the world population is estimated at 791 million in 1750[35] (with Bengal accounting for 3.8% of its population).

A riverside mosque in Mughal Dhaka

Prior to British rule, Bengal's capital city of Dhaka had a population exceeding a million people.[4]

Religion Bengal was an affluent province with a Bengali Muslim majority, along with a large Bengali Hindu minority.[6]

Immigration There was a significant influx of migrants from the Safavid Empire into Bengal

The Armenian church and cemetery in Dhaka

during the Mughal period. Persian administrators and military commanders were enlisted by the Mughal government in Bengal.[36] An Armenian community settled in Dhaka and was involved in the city's textile trade, paying a 3.5% tax.[37]

Economy and trade The Bengal Subah had the largest regional economy in the Mughal Empire. It was described as the paradise of nations. 50% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the empire was generated in Bengal. The region exported grains, fine cotton muslin and silk, liquors and wines, salt, ornaments, fruits, and metals. European companies set up numerous trading posts in Mughal Bengal during the 17th and 18th centuries. Dhaka was the largest city in Mughal Bengal and the commercial capital of the empire. Chittagong was the largest seaport, with maritime trade routes connecting the port city to Arakan, Ayuthya, Balasore, Aceh, Melaka, Johore, Bantam, Makassar, Ceylon, Bandar Abbas, Mecca, Jeddah, Basra, Aden, Masqat, Mocha and the Maldives.[38][39]

A Dutch trading post in Mughal Bengal, 1665

Real wages and living standards in 18th-century Bengal were higher than in Britain, which in turn had the highest living standards in Europe.[40] Local Sufi leaders combined Islamic and Bengali cultural practices which developed Bengali Muslim society.[41]

Agrarian reform The Mughals launched a vast economic development project in the Bengal delta which transformed its demographic makeup.[41] The government cleared vast swathes of forest in the fertileBhati region to expand farmland. It encouraged settlers, including farmers and jagirdars, to populate the delta. It assigned Sufis as the chieftains of villages. Emperor Akbar re-adapted the modern Bengali calendar to improve harvests and tax collection. The region became the lar gest grain producer in the subcontinent. Being so fertile and climatically favourable for agriculture, Bengal became one of the most important khalisa or crown lands and the most desired jagirs, as it was one of the highest revenue yielding subahs. For instance, in the year 1595-6 it is said to have yielded 25,69,94,043 dams in revenue.[42] We find meagre accounts of the Bengal revenue administration in Abul Fazl's Ain-i-Akbari and some in Mirza Nathan's Baharistan-iGhaybi.[43] According to the Ain, “The demands of each year are paid by installments in eight months, they (the ryots) themselves bringing mohurs and rupees to the appointed place for the receipt of revenue, as the division of grain between

the government and the husbandman is not here customary. The harvests are always abundant, measurement is not insisted upon, and the revenue demands are determined by estimate of the crop.”[43]

From the above extract we learn that the payment of the annual revenue demand was carried out in eight monthly instalments. However, Raychaudhuri points out that according to the Baharistan, there were two collections a year following the two harvests in autumn and spring. Secondly, it tells us that the payments were made in cash, and directly to the government. The last fact obviously refers

A 3D reconstruction of theBara Katra in modernday Dhaka

to only khalisa lands. Finally, the most important fact that we come across is that the method of crop-estimation and not land measurement was current in Bengal.[43] However, the other point that poses itself as pointed out by Sir Irfan Habib is that, since, in Bengal the authorities levied revenue not upon the peasants but upon the zamindars, it does not become immediately clear where in this passage Abul Fazl is speaking of the payment of revenue by the peasants to the zamindars and where of the payment by the zamindars to the state. The initial statements, as they contain an explicit reference to the peasants would seem to be referring to them only. It seems that the resort to measurement took place in Bengal largely when the old jama fixed on the zamindars was thought to be completely obsolete. A mid- eighteenth century manual Risala-i-Zira'at describes this as a recognised practice in Bengal. This may really be the meaning of Abul Fazl's rather vague statement that measurement was not objected to. It is possible that since such measurements were so rarely employed, and then with the use of local standards, no regular area statistics could be compiled on its basis. Abul Fazl's statement that the revenue demand was based on nasaq must then refer to the demand on the zamindars being [44] retained at the same set of figures for long periods of years.

Bengali peasants were quick to adapt to profitable new crops between 1600 and 1650. Bengali peasants rapidly learned techniques of [45] mulberry cultivation and sericulture, establishing Bengal Subah as a major silk-producing region of the world.

The increased agricultural productivity led to lower food prices. In turn, this benefited the Indian textile industry. Compared to Britain, the price of grain was about one-half in South India and one-third in Bengal, in terms of silver coinage. This resulted in lower [40] silver coin prices for Indian textiles, giving them a price advantage in global markets.

Industrial economy The Mughal Empire had 25% of the world's GDP. Under the Mughals, Bengal Subah generated 50% of the empire's GDP, and thus had 12% of the world's GDP.[4] Bengal was an affluent province that was, according to economic historian Indrajit Ray, globally prominent in industries such as textile manufacturing and shipbuilding.[5] Bengal's capital city of Dhaka was the empire's financial capital, with a population exceeding a million people, and with an estimated 80,000 skilled textile weavers. It was an exporter of silk and cotton textiles, steel, saltpeter, and agricultural and industrial produce.[4] Bengal's industrial economy in the Mughal era has been described as a form ofproto-industrialization.[46] The plunder of Bengal directly contributed to the Industrial Revolution in Britain,[6][7][8][9] with the capital amassed from Bengal used to invest in British industries such as textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution and greatly increase British wealth, while at the same time leading todeindustrialization in Bengal.[6][7][8][4]

Textile industry Under Mughal rule, Bengal was a center of the worldwide muslin and silk trades. During the Mughal era, the most important center of cotton production was Bengal, particularly around its capital city of Dhaka, leading to muslin being called "daka" in distant markets such as Central Asia.[47] Domestically, much of India depended on Bengali products such as rice, silks and cotton textiles. Overseas, Europeans depended on Bengali products such as cotton textiles, silks and opium; Bengal accounted for 40% of Dutch imports from Asia, for example, including more than 50% of textiles and around 80% of silks.[48] From Bengal, saltpeter was also

shipped to Europe, opium was sold in Indonesia, raw silk was exported to Japan and the Netherlands, and cotton and silk textiles were exported to Europe, Indonesia andJapan.[49]

Shipbuilding industry Bengal had a large shipbuilding industry. Indrajit Ray estimates shipbuilding output of Bengal during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries at 223,250 tons annually, compared with 23,061 tons produced in nineteen colonies in North America from 1769 to 1771.[50] He also assesses ship repairing as very advanced in Bengal.[50] Bengali shipbuilding was advanced compared to European shipbuilding at the

A woman in Dhaka clad in fine Bengali muslin, 18th century

time. An important innovation in shipbuilding was the introduction of a flushed deck design in Bengal rice ships, resulting in hulls that were stronger and less prone to leak than the structurally weak hulls of traditional European ships built with a stepped deck design. The British East India Company later duplicated the flushed deck and hull designs of Bengal rice ships in the 1760s, leading to significant improvements in seaworthiness and navigation for European ships during theIndustrial Revolution.[51]

Administrative divisions In the revenue settlement by Todar Mal in 1582, Bengal Subah was divided into 24 sarkars (districts), which included 19 sarkars of Bengal proper and 5 sarkars of Orissa. In 1607, during the reign of Jahangir Orissa became a separate Subah. These 19 sarkars were further divided into 682 parganas.[52] In 1658, subsequent to the revenue settlement by Shah Shuja, 15 new sarkars and 361 new parganas were added. In 1722,Murshid Quli Khan divided the whole Subah into 13 chakalahs, which were further divided into 1660 parganas. Initially the capital of the Subah was Tanda. On 9 November 1595, the foundations of a new capital were laid at Rajmahal by Man Singh I who renamed it Akbarnagar.[53] In 1610 the capital was shifted from Rajmahal to Dhaka[54] and it was renamed Jahangirnagar. In 1639, Shah Shuja again shifted the capital to Rajmahal. In 1660, Muazzam Khan (Mir Jumla) again shifted the capital to Dhaka. In 1703, Murshid Quli Khan, then diwan (prime minister in charge of finance) of Bengal shifted his office from Dhaka to Maqsudabad and later renamed itMurshidabad. In 1656, Subahdar Shah Shuja reorganised the sarkars and added Orissa to the Bengal Subah.

The sarkars (districts) and the parganas/mahallahs (tehsils) of Bengal Subah were:[52]

Sarkar

Pargana

Udamabar/Tandah (modern-day areas include Birbhum and Murshidabad)

52 parganas

Jannatabad (Lakhnauti)

66 parganas

Fatehabad

31 parganas

Mahmudabad (modern-day areas includeNorth Nadia and Jessore)

88 parganas

Khalifatabad

35 parganas

Bakla

4 parganas

Purniyah

9 parganas

Tajpur (West Dinajpur)

29 parganas

Ghoraghat (South Rangpur, Bogra)

84 parganas

Pinjarah

21 parganas

Barbakabad

38 parganas

Bazuha

32 parganas

Sonargaon

52 parganas

Srihatta

8 mahals

Chittagong

7 parganas

Sharifatabad

26 parganas

Sulaimanabad

31 parganas

Satgaon

53 parganas

Mandaran

16 parganas

Sarkars of Orissa: Sarkar

Mahal

Jaleswar

28

Bhadrak

7

Kotok (Cuttack)

21

Kaling Dandpat

27

Raj Mahendrih

16

Government The state government was headed by a Viceroy (Subedar Nizam) appointed by the Mughal Emperor between 1576 and 1717. The Viceroy exercised tremendous authority, with his own cabinet and four prime ministers (Diwan). The three deputy viceroys for Bengal proper, Bihar and Orissa were known as the Naib Nazims. An extensive landed aristocracy was established by the Mughals in Bengal. The aristocracy was responsible for taxation and revenue collection. Land holders were bestowed with the title of Jagirdar. The Qadi title was reserved for the chief judge. Mansabdars were leaders of the Mughal Army, while faujdars were generals. The Mughals were credited for secular pluralism during the reign of Akbar, who promoted the religious doctrine of Din-i Ilahi. Later rulers promoted more conservative Islam. In 1717, the Mughal government replaced Viceroy Azim-us-Shan due to conflicts with his influential deputy viceroy and prime minister Murshid Quli Khan.[55] Growing regional autonomy caused the Mughal Court to establish a hereditary principality in Bengal, with Khan being recognised in the official title of Nazim. He founded the Nasiri dynasty. In 1740, following the Battle of Giria, Alivardi Khan staged a coup and founded the short-lived Afsar dynasty. For all practical purposes, the Nazims acted as independent princes. European colonial powers referred to them asNawabs or Nababs.[56]

List of Viceroys

Man Singh I, the Rajput Viceroy of Mughal Bengal (1594–1606)

Shaista Khan, Viceroy (1664–1688)

Personal Name[57]

Reign

Munim Khan Khan-i-Khanan

25 September 1574 – 23 October 1575

‫ ﺧﺎن ﺧﺎﻧﺎں‬،‫ﻣﻨﻌﻢ ﺧﺎن‬

Hussain Quli Beg Khan Jahan I ‫ ﺧﺎن ﺟ ﺎں اول‬،‫ﺣﺴﯿﻦ ﻗﻠﯽ ﺑﯿﮓ‬

Muzaffar Khan Turbati ‫ﻣﻈﻔﺮ ﺧﺎن ﺗﺮﺑﺘﯽ‬

Mirza Aziz Koka Khan-e-Azam ‫ﺧﺎن اﻋﻈﻢ‬،‫ﻣﯿﺮزا ﻋﺰﯾﺰ ﮐﻮﮐ‬

Shahbaz Khan Kamboh ‫ﺷﮭﺒﺎز ﺧﺎن ﮐﻤﺒﻮہ‬

Sadiq Khan ‫ﺻﺎدق ﺧﺎن‬

Wazir Khan Tajik ‫وزﯾﺮ ﺧﺎن‬

Sa'id Khan ‫ﺳﻌﯿﺪ ﺧﺎن‬

Raja Man Singh I ‫راﺟ ﻣﺎن ﺳﻨﮕﮫ‬

Qutb-ud-din Khan Koka ‫ﻗﻄﺐ اﻟﺪﯾﻦ ﺧﺎن ﮐﻮﮐ‬

Jahangir Quli Beg

15 November 1575 – 19 December 1578 1579–1580 1582–1583 1583–1585 1585–1586 1586–1587

Viceroy Muhammad Azam Shah (1678–1679), later the Mughal Emperor

1587–1594 4 June 1594 – 1606 2 September 1606 – May 1607

‫ﺟ ﺎﻧﮕﯿﺮ ﻗﻠﯽ ﺑﯿﮓ‬

1607–1608

Sheikh Ala-ud-din ChistiIslam Khan Chisti

June 1608 – 1613

‫اﺳﻼم ﺧﺎن ﭼﺸﺘﯽ‬

Qasim Khan Chishti ‫ﻗﺎﺳﻢ ﺧﺎن ﭼﺸﺘﯽ‬

Ibrahim Khan Fateh Jang ‫اﺑﺮاﯿﻢ ﺧﺎن ﻓﺘﺢ ﺟﻨﮓ‬

Mahabat Khan ‫ﻣﺤﺎﺑﺖ ﺧﺎن‬

Mirza Amanullah Khan Zaman II ‫ ﺧﺎن زﻣﺎں ﺛﺎﻧﯽ‬، ‫ﻣﯿﺮزا أﻣﺎن اﻟﻠ‬

Mukarram Khan ‫ﻣﮑﺮم ﺧﺎن‬

Fidai Khan ‫ﻓﺪای ﺧﺎن‬

Qasim Khan Juvayni Qasim Manija ‫ ﻗﺎﺳﻢ ﻣﺎﻧﯿﺠ‬،‫ﻗﺎﺳﻢ ﺧﺎن ﺟﻮﯾﻨﯽ‬

Mir Muhammad Baqir Azam Khan ‫ اﻋﻈﻢ ﺧﺎن‬،‫ﻣﯿﺮ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ ﺑﺎﻗﺮ‬

Mir Abdus Salam Islam Khan Mashhadi ‫اﺳﻼم ﺧﺎن ﻣﺸﮭﺪی‬

Sultan Shah Shuja

1613–1617 1617–1622 1622–1625 1625 1625–1627 1627–1628 1628–1632 1632–1635 1635–1639

‫ﺷﺎہ ﺷﺠﺎع‬

1639 -1660

Mir Jumla II

May 1660 – 30 March 1663

Viceroy Azim-us-Shan (1697–1712), later the Mughal Emperor

‫ﻣﯿﺮ ﺟﻤﻠ‬

Mirza Abu Talib Shaista Khan I ‫ ﺷﺎﯾﺴﺘ ﺧﺎن‬،‫ﻣﯿﺮزا اﺑﻮ ﻃﺎﻟﺐ‬

Azam Khan Koka, Fidai Khan II ‫ ﻓﺪای ﺧﺎن ﺛﺎﻧﯽ‬،‫اﻋﻈﻢ ﺧﺎن ﮐﻮﮐ‬

Sultan Muhammad Azam ShahAlijah ‫ﻣﺤﻤﺪ اﻋﻈﻢ ﺷﺎہ ﻋﺎﻟﯽ ﺟﺎہ‬

Mirza Abu Talib Shaista Khan I ‫ ﺷﺎﯾﺴﺘ ﺧﺎن‬،‫ﻣﯿﺮزا اﺑﻮ ﻃﺎﻟﺐ‬

Ibrahim Khan ibn Ali Mardan Khan ‫اﺑﺮاﯿﻢ ﺧﺎن اﺑﻦ ﻋﻠﯽ ﻣﺮدان ﺧﺎن‬

Sultan Azim-us-Shan ‫ﻋﻈﯿﻢ اﻟﺸﺎن‬

March 1664 – 1676 1676–1677 1678- 1679 1679–1688 1688–1697 1697–1712

Others appointed but did not show up from 1712 to 1717 and managed by Deputy Subahdar Murshid Quli Khan. Murshid Quli Khan ‫ﻣﺮﺷﺪ ﻗﻠﯽ ﺧﺎن‬

List of Nawab Nazims

1717–1727

Portrait

Titular Name

Personal Name

Birth

Reign

Death

Nasiri Dynasty

Jaafar Khan Bahadur Nasiri

Murshid Quli Khan

1665

1717– 1727

30 June 1727

Ala-ud-Din Haidar Jang

Sarfaraz Khan Bahadur

?

1727-1727

29 April 1740

Shuja udDaula

Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan

Around 1670 (date not available)

July 1727 – 26 August 1739

26 August 1739

Ala-ud-Din Haidar Jang

Sarfaraz Khan Bahadur

?

13 March 1739 – April 1740

29 April 1740

Afsar Dynasty

Hashim udDaula

Muhammad Alivardi Khan Bahadur

Before 10 May 1671

29 April 1740 – 9 April 1756

9 April 1756

Siraj udDaulah

Muhammad Siraj-ud-Daulah

1733

April 1756 – 2 June 1757

2 July 1757

See also Egypt Eyalet Ottoman Algeria

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