| Bihar Subah | |||||||||
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| Subah of Mughal Empire | |||||||||
| 1575-1733 | |||||||||
 The Suba of Bihar situated between Awadh and Bengal | |||||||||
| Capital | Patna | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||
• Established | 1575 CE | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1733 CE | ||||||||
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The Bihar Subah (Persian: صوبه بهار) was a province (suba) of the Mughal Empire that was formed in 1575 CE. It was one of the original twelve subas established by Emperor Akbar. Its seat was in the city of Patna which was also known as Azimabad. The seat of Azimabad was named after the Mughal prince, Azim-ush-Shan who was the son of Emperor Shah Alam I.[1]
The suba was bordered to the west by the subas of Illahabad and Awadh and to the east by Bengal Subah.[2]
- ^ Chatterjee, Kumkum (1996). Merchants, Politics and Society in Early Modern India: Bihar: 1733-1820. BRILL. pp. 13–16. ISBN 9789004644748.
- ^ Mahbubul Karim, Khondkar (1974). The Provinces of Bihar and Bengal Under Shahjahan. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. pp. 35–38.