Hassan Ali Mirza

Hassan Ali Mirza
Ali Kadir (Of First Rank)
Ihtisham-ul-Mulk, Rais-ud-Daula, Amir-ul-Umara, Mahabat Jang
Hassan Ali Mirza wearing the mantle of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire
Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad
Reign17 February 1882 - 25 December 1906
Coronation27 March 1883
PredecessorMansur Ali Khan (as Nawab of Bengal & Bihar)
SuccessorWasif Ali Mirza
Born25 August 1846
Hazarduari Palace, Bengal, British India
Died25 December 1906(1906-12-25) (aged 60)
Baghdad, Baghdad Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Burial
SpouseAmir Dulhan Kulsum un-Nisa Begum
Mariam un-Nisa Khanum
IssueSee below
Names
Sayyid Hassan Ali Mirza
Bengaliহাসান আলী মির্জা
HouseNajafi
FatherMansur Ali Khan
MotherMehr Lekha Begum
ReligionShia Islam

Nawab Sir Sayyid Hassan Ali Mirza Khan Bahadur[1] GCIE (Bengali: হাসান আলী মির্জা; 25 August 1846 – 25 December 1906) was the eldest son of Mansur Ali Khan, the last Nawab of Bengal. He succeeded his father, Mansur Ali Khan, as the first Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad as the title of Nawab Nazim of Bengal was abolished in 1880.[2][1] His installation ceremony was performed in the Throne Room of Hazarduari Palace on 27 March 1883 by Sir Rivers Thompson, the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal. The sanad conferring the hereditary title of Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad was however dated 17 February 1882.[2] At his death in 1906, he was succeeded by his son, Wasif Ali Mirza.

  1. ^ a b Lethbridge, Roper (1893). The golden book of India, a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire. London Macmillan. pp. 357–358.
  2. ^ a b Majumdar, Purna Chandra (1905). The musnud of Murshidabad (1704-1904) being a synopsis of the history of Murshidabad for the last two centuries, to which are appended notes of places and objects of interest at Murshidabad. Murshidabad Saroda Ray. pp. 54–64.