Siraj-ud-Daulah

Siraj-ud-Daulah
Mansur-ul-Mulk (Victory of the Country)
Siraj ud-Daulah (Light of the State)
Hybut Jang (Horror in War)
Nawab of Bengal
Siraj-ud-Daulah
Nawab Nazim of Bengal and Bihar
Reign9 April 1756 – 23 June 1757
PredecessorAlivardi Khan
SuccessorMir Jafar
BornMirza Muhammad Siraj-ud-Daulah
1733
Murshidabad, Bengal, Mughal Empire
Died2 July 1757(1757-07-02) (aged 23–24)
Murshidabad, Bengal, British India
Burial
Spouse
IssueUmme Zohra (Qudsia Begum)
Names
Nawab Mansur ul-Mulk Siraj ud-Daulah Shah Quli Khan Mirza Muhammad Haybat Jang Bahadur
FatherZain ud-Din Ahmed Khan
MotherAmina Begum
ReligionShia Islam[1][2]
Military career
Allegiance Mughal Empire[3] (nominal)
Bengal Subah
Service / branchNawab of Bengal
RankNawabzada, Nawab
Battles / warsMaratha invasions of Bengal
Battle of Plassey
Siege of Calcutta

Mir Syed Jafar Ali Khan Mirza Muhammad Siraj-ud-Daulah[a] (1733 – 2 July 1757), commonly known as Siraj-ud-Daulah[b][c] or Siraj ud-Daula,[6] was the last independent Nawab of Bengal. The end of his reign marked the start of the rule of the East India Company over Bengal and later almost all of the Indian subcontinent.

Siraj succeeded his maternal grandfather, Alivardi Khan as the Nawab of Bengal in April 1756 at the age of 23. Betrayed by Mir Jafar, the commander of Nawab's army, Siraj lost the Battle of Plassey on 23 June 1757. The forces of the East India Company under Robert Clive invaded and the administration of Bengal fell into the hands of the company.

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  2. ^ Rieck, Andreas (2015). The Shias of Pakistan: An Assertive and Beleaguered Minority. Oxford University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-19-061320-4.
  3. ^ Rai, R. History. FK Publications. p. 44. ISBN 9788187139690.
  4. ^ Abram Smythe Palmer. Folk-etymology: A Dictionary of Verbal Corruptions Or Words Perverted in Form Or Meaning, by False Derivation Or Mistaken Analogy. G. Bell and Sons, 1882. p. 557.
  5. ^ Francis Henry Skrine. Life of Sir William Wilson Hunter, K.C.S.I., M.A., LL.D., a vice-president of the Royal Asiatic Society, etc. Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. p. 205.
  6. ^ Dalrymple, W. (2019),The Anarchy p. 78, London: Bloombsbury


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