Murshid Quli Khan

Murshid Quli Khan
Nasir Jung Ala ud-Daulah Mutam ul-Mulk Nawab Nazim Ja'far Khan Bahadur Nasiri
Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
Reign	1717 – 30 June 1727
Coronation	1717
Predecessor	Position established
Successor	Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan
30th Subahdar of Bengal
Reign	30 March 1712 - 1717
Predecessor	Azim-ush-Shan
Successor	Position abolished
Badshah	Bahadur Shah I Jahandar Shah Farrukhsiyar
Born	Surya Narayan Mishra c. 1660 Deccan Plateau, Mughal Empire
Died	30 June 1727(1727-06-30) (aged 66–67) Murshidabad, Bengal, Mughal Empire
Burial	Katra Masjid, West Bengal, India
Spouse	Nasiri Banu Begum
Issue	Nawabzada Yahya Khan Azmat un-Nisa Begum Zaynab un-Nisa Begum
Names Murshid Qulī Jaʿfar Khān Bahādur Nāṣirī
House	Nawabs of Bengal
Dynasty	Nāṣirī
Father	Haji Shafi Isfahani (foster father)
Religion	Shia Islam[1][2][3]
Other names	Mohammad Hadi Mirza Hadi Ja'far Khan
Military career
Allegiance	Mughal Empire[4]
Service / branch	Nawab of Bengal
Rank	Nawab

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Murshid Quli Khan (c. 1660 – 30 June 1727), also known as Mohammad Hadi and born as Surya Narayan Mishra, was the first Nawab of Bengal, serving from 1717 to 1727.

Born a Hindu in the Deccan Plateau c. 1670, Murshid Quli Khan was bought by Mughal noble Haji Shafi. After Shafi's death, he worked under the Divan of Vidarbha, during which time he piqued the attention of the then-emperor Aurangzeb, who sent him to Bengal as the divan c. 1700. However, he entered into a bloody conflict with the province's subahdar, Azim-us-Shan. After Aurangzeb's death in 1707, he was transferred to the Deccan Plateau by Azim-us-Shan's father the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah I. However, he was brought back as deputy subahdar in 1710. In 1717, he was appointed as the Nawab Nazim of Murshidabad by Farrukhsiyar. During his reign, he changed the jagirdari system (land management) to the mal jasmani, which would later transform into the zamindari system. He also continued sending revenues from the state to the Mughal Empire. He received various titles from the Mughal emperors such as Kārtalab Khān, Murshid Quli Khān, Jafar Khān and Mutamin al-Mulk Ála' al-Dauläh Jafar Khān Nasiri Nasir Jang Bahadur successively. He built the Katra Masjid mosque at Murshidabad where he was buried under the staircase after his death on 30 June 1727. He was succeeded by his son-in-law Shuja ud Din Muhammad Khan.