Mir Qamar-ud-Din Khan Asaf Jah I
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Mir Qamar-ud-Din Khan Asaf Jah I was an 18th-century Mughal nobleman who became the first Nizam of Hyderabad, establishing a powerful and semi-independent dynasty in the Deccan region of India.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah I | 11 |
| Mir Qamar-ud-Din Khan Asaf Jah I canonical | 3 |
| Asaf Jah I | 2 |
| Asaf Jah | 1 |
| Nasir Jung Asaf Jah | 1 |
| Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T857378 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Mir Qamar-ud-Din Khan Asaf Jah I Context triple: [Hyderabad State, founder, Mir Qamar-ud-Din Khan Asaf Jah I]
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Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah was a late 16th-century ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty in the Deccan, renowned as a patron of architecture and literature and the founder of the city of Hyderabad in India.
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Nawab of the Carnatic
The Nawab of the Carnatic was a hereditary Muslim ruler and vassal of the Mughal Empire (later interacting with European colonial powers) who governed the Carnatic region in southern India from the late 17th to the mid-19th century.
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Wajid Ali Shah
Wajid Ali Shah was the last Nawab of Awadh (Oudh), known for his patronage of arts, music, and dance, and for his controversial deposition and exile by the British in 1856.
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Siraj ud-Daulah
Siraj ud-Daulah was the last independent Nawab of Bengal, whose defeat by the British East India Company at the Battle of Plassey in 1757 marked a key turning point in the establishment of British rule in India.
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Bahadur Shah I
Bahadur Shah I was a Mughal emperor of India who briefly reigned in the early 18th century and struggled to maintain the empire’s stability after Aurangzeb’s long and expansionist rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Mir Qamar-ud-Din Khan Asaf Jah I Target entity description: Mir Qamar-ud-Din Khan Asaf Jah I was an 18th-century Mughal nobleman who became the first Nizam of Hyderabad, establishing a powerful and semi-independent dynasty in the Deccan region of India.
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A.
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah was a late 16th-century ruler of the Qutb Shahi dynasty in the Deccan, renowned as a patron of architecture and literature and the founder of the city of Hyderabad in India.
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B.
Nawab of the Carnatic
The Nawab of the Carnatic was a hereditary Muslim ruler and vassal of the Mughal Empire (later interacting with European colonial powers) who governed the Carnatic region in southern India from the late 17th to the mid-19th century.
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C.
Wajid Ali Shah
Wajid Ali Shah was the last Nawab of Awadh (Oudh), known for his patronage of arts, music, and dance, and for his controversial deposition and exile by the British in 1856.
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D.
Siraj ud-Daulah
Siraj ud-Daulah was the last independent Nawab of Bengal, whose defeat by the British East India Company at the Battle of Plassey in 1757 marked a key turning point in the establishment of British rule in India.
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E.
Bahadur Shah I
Bahadur Shah I was a Mughal emperor of India who briefly reigned in the early 18th century and struggled to maintain the empire’s stability after Aurangzeb’s long and expansionist rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
18th-century Indian ruler
ⓘ
Mughal official ⓘ Nizam of Hyderabad ⓘ founder of dynasty ⓘ nobleman ⓘ ruler ⓘ |
| actualPower | de facto independent in internal affairs of Hyderabad ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Deccan politics
ⓘ
Mughal court ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
ⓘ
surface form:
Mughal Empire
|
| courtCulture | patronage of Persianate culture ⓘ |
| dynasty | Asaf Jahi dynasty ⓘ |
| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| ethnicContext | part of Indo-Persian elite of the Mughal Empire ⓘ |
| founded |
Asaf Jahi dynasty
ⓘ
Hyderabad State ⓘ
surface form:
Hyderabad State under the Nizams
|
| givenName |
Mir Qamar-ud-Din Khan
ⓘ
surface form:
Qamar-ud-Din
|
| governanceStyle | military-bureaucratic rule ⓘ |
| governmentForm | hereditary monarchy in Hyderabad ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Indian subcontinent ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | founder of one of the largest princely states in India ⓘ |
| languageOfCourt | Persian ⓘ |
| legacy | established a dynasty that ruled Hyderabad for over two centuries ⓘ |
| militaryRole | commander in the Deccan for the Mughal Empire ⓘ |
| nobleFamily |
Asaf Jahi dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Asaf Jahi family
|
| notableFor |
establishing semi-independent rule in the Deccan
ⓘ
founding the Nizamate of Hyderabad ⓘ |
| officeCreated |
Kingdom of Hyderabad
ⓘ
surface form:
Nizam of Hyderabad
|
| partOf | Mughal nobility ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | formally loyal to the Mughal emperor ⓘ |
| politicalContext | period of Mughal decline ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | semi-independent ruler under nominal Mughal suzerainty ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Grand Vizier of the Mughal Empire
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Subahdar of the Deccan ⓘ |
| powerBase | Hyderabad ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Deccan Plateau
ⓘ
surface form:
Deccan
Hyderabad State ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| roleInHistory | key figure in decline of centralized Mughal authority in the Deccan ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence |
South India
ⓘ
surface form:
southern India
|
| stateFormation | consolidated multiple Deccan provinces into Hyderabad State ⓘ |
| successorState |
Hyderabad State
ⓘ
surface form:
Hyderabad State under later Nizams
|
| title |
Asaf Jah I
ⓘ
Kingdom of Hyderabad ⓘ
surface form:
Nizam of Hyderabad
Nizam-ul-Mulk ⓘ |
| typeOfMonarch | subnational monarch under an imperial framework ⓘ |
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Subject: Mir Qamar-ud-Din Khan Asaf Jah I Description of subject: Mir Qamar-ud-Din Khan Asaf Jah I was an 18th-century Mughal nobleman who became the first Nizam of Hyderabad, establishing a powerful and semi-independent dynasty in the Deccan region of India.
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