Najabat Ali Khan
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Sayyid Najabat Ali Khan Bahadur, born Mir Phulwari (Bengali: নজাবত আলী খান; 1749 – March 10, 1770), better known as Saif ud-Daulah succeeded his younger brother Nawab Nazim Najimuddin Ali Khan, after his death in 1766, as the Nawab Nazim of Bengal and Bihar.
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Najabat Ali Khan Bahadur | |||||
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Saif-ul-mulk (Sword of the Country) Suja-ud-Daulah (Hero of the State) Shahmat Jang (Arrow in war) | |||||
Nawab Nazim of Bengal and Bihar | |||||
Reign | 22 May 1766 – 10 March 1770 | ||||
Coronation | 22 May 1766 | ||||
Predecessor | Nazim-ud-din Ali Khan | ||||
Successor | Ashraf Ali Khan | ||||
Born | 3 March 1749 Murshidabad, Bengal Subah | ||||
Died | 10 March 1770(1770-03-10) (aged 21) Murshidabad, Bengal Presidency | ||||
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Bengali | নজাবত আলী খান | ||||
Dynasty | Najafi | ||||
Father | Mir Jafar | ||||
Mother | Munni Begum | ||||
Religion | Shia Islam |
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He was the third son of Mir Jafar by Munny Begum. He was only seventeen when he was crowned as the Nawab. He reigned under the regency of his mother and died of smallpox on March 10, 1770, during the Great Bengal famine of 1770.