Awadh Subah

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Awadh Subah was a prominent Mughal imperial province in northern India, centered on the culturally and politically significant region of Awadh (Oudh).

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Awadh Subah canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mughal province
subah
administrativeCenter Awadh cultural region
surface form: Awadh region
borderedBy Mughal Subah of Allahabad
surface form: Allahabad Subah

Allahabad region of the Mughal Empire
Bihar
surface form: Bihar Subah

Mughal Subah of Delhi
surface form: Delhi Subah
culturalRegion Hindi-Urdu cultural zone
currency rupee
establishedUnder Mughal administrative reforms
governmentType Mughal provincial administration
hadMilitaryRole provisioning of Mughal armies
recruitment of cavalry
hadTaxSystem Mughal revenue system
hasCapital Faizabad
Lucknow
hasLanguage Hindustani language
surface form: Hindustani

Persian language
surface form: Persian
hasOffice diwan
faujdar
qazi
sadr
subahdar
hasRegion Oudh
surface form: Awadh

Oudh
hasReligion Hinduism
Islam
historicalRegion Doab
surface form: Doab region

Indo-Gangetic Plain
surface form: Gangetic plain
influenced Oudh
surface form: Kingdom of Awadh
knownFor Shia Islamic culture
agricultural productivity
courtly traditions
cultural patronage
indigo cultivation
literature
music and dance
rice cultivation
textile production
locatedIn northern India
partOf Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal Empire
precedes Oudh
surface form: Kingdom of Awadh
presentIn Awadh cultural region
surface form: modern Uttar Pradesh

parts of modern Bihar
sovereign Mughal emperor
timePeriod Mughal period
usedScript Nagari script
Perso-Arabic script

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