Carnatic Sultanate

Carnatic Sultanate
State of Carnatic
1692–1855
Flag of State of Carnatic
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Nawabate of Arcot, on the Bay of Bengal, marked as "Carnatic" at its height of power.
Nawabate of Arcot, on the Bay of Bengal, marked as "Carnatic" at its height of power.
Status
CapitalGingee (1692–1710),
Arcot (1710–1768),
Chepauk (1768–1855)
Common languagesTamil, Telugu, Persian
Religion
Islam (state religion)
GovernmentMonarchy
Nawab 
• 1692–1703 (first)
Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung
• 1710–1732 (first independent)
Saadatullah Khan I
• 1824–1855 (last)
Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan
Historical eraMughal rule in India
Company rule in India
• Progenitor of family appointed governor
1692
• Established
1692
23 September – 14 November 1751
26 July 1801
• Disestablished
1855
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Madurai Nayak
Mughal Empire
Company rule in India
Today part ofIndia
Nawab of Carnatic Azim-ud-Daula on the left, signed the Carnatic Treaty ceding tax rights to the British.

The Carnatic Sultanate was a kingdom in South India between about 1690 and 1855, and was under the legal purview of the Nizam of Hyderabad, until their demise.[1][2] They initially had their capital at Arcot in the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Their rule is an important period in the history of the Carnatic and Coromandel Coast regions, in which the Mughal Empire gave way to the rising influence of the Maratha Empire, and later the emergence of the British Raj.

  1. ^ Kenneth Pletcher, ed. (1 April 2010). The History of India. Britannica Educational Publishing. p. 219. ISBN 9781615302017.
  2. ^ Ramaswami, N. S. (1 January 1984). Political History of Carnatic Under the Nawabs. Abhinav Publications. p. 104. ISBN 9780836412628.