Safdar Jang

Safdar Jang
Nawab of Awadh
Khan Bahadur
Mir Atish
Firdaus Aaramgah[a]
2nd Nawab of Awadh
Reign19 March 1739 – 5 October 1754
PredecessorSaadat Ali Khan I
SuccessorShuja-ud-Daula
Born1708
Died5 October 1754(1754-10-05) (aged 45–46)
Sultanpur, Kingdom of Awadh
Burial
SpouseNawab Sadar Jahan Ara Begum nee (Sadr-un-Nisa Begum)
Names
Abul Mansur Mirza Muhammad Muqim Ali Khan Safdar Jang
HouseNishapuri Branch of the Kara Koyunlu
FatherSiyadat Khan (Mirza Jafar Khan Beg)
Mothersister of Saadat Ali Khan I
ReligionShia Islam

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 patriarchal descendants of Safdar Jang. He was a major political figure at the imperial Mughal court during the declining years of the Mughal Empire.
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