Mir Jafar

E31964
Nawab historical figure politician

Mir Jafar was an 18th-century Nawab of Bengal best known for his alliance with the British East India Company, which helped establish British colonial rule in India.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mir Jafar canonical 24
Jafar 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nawab ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
politician ⓘ
ally British East India Company ⓘ
associatedWith British colonial expansion in India ⓘ
Murshidabad ⓘ
battle Battle of Plassey ⓘ
birthPlace Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire
causeOfRiseToPower British military support ⓘ
betrayal of Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey ⓘ
child Miran ⓘ
Mubarak Ali Khan ⓘ
Najm-ud-Daulah ⓘ
country Bengal Subah ⓘ
Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire
dateOfBattleOfPlassey 1757-06-23 ⓘ
deathPlace Bengal Subah ⓘ
India ⓘ
Murshidabad ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arabs ⓘ
surface form: Arab
fullName Mir Muhammad Jafar Ali Khan ⓘ
givenName Mir Jafar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jafar
honorificTitle Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
languageOfName Persian ⓘ
legacy symbol of treachery in South Asian political discourse ⓘ
monarchDuringReign Mughal emperor Shah Alam II ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Emperor Alamgir II

Mughal emperor Shah Alam II ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II
notableFor alliance with the British East India Company ⓘ
facilitating establishment of British rule in Bengal ⓘ
role in the Battle of Plassey ⓘ
opponent French East India Company ⓘ
Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ
positionHeld Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
Nawab of Bihar ⓘ
Nawab of Orissa ⓘ
predecessor Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ
reignEnd 1760 ⓘ
1765 ⓘ
reignStart 1757 ⓘ
1763 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
spouse Munny Begum ⓘ
Shah Khanum ⓘ
successor Miran ⓘ
Najm-ud-Daulah ⓘ
treaty Treaty with the British East India Company after the Battle of Plassey ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Plassey → commander → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Siraj ud-Daulah → successor → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Siraj ud-Daulah → opponent → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Mir Jafar → givenName → Mir Jafar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jafar
agents of Mir Jafar → alignedWith → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Najafi dynasty → notableMember → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Jagat Seth banking family → supported → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Nawab of Bengal → hasTitleHolder → Mir Jafar ⓘ
British conquest of Bengal → participant → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Mir Muhammad Jafar Ali Khan → alsoKnownAs → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Miran → childOf → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Najm-ud-Daulah → father → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Najm-ud-Daulah → predecessor → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Munny Begum → spouse → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Mubarak Ali Khan → father → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Mubarak Ali Khan → predecessor → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Mir Qasim → predecessor → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Mir Qasim → successor → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Mir Qasim → fatherInLaw → Mir Jafar ⓘ
British conquest of India → hasSignificantFigure → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Jafarganj Cemetery → builtBy → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Jafarganj Cemetery → commissionedBy → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Jafarganj Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Mubarak ud-Daulah → father → Mir Jafar ⓘ
Mubarak ud-Daulah → relative → Mir Jafar ⓘ