Mir Jafar

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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.

Aliases (1)

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 →
causeOfRiseToPower	British military support → betrayal of Siraj ud-Daulah at Plassey →
child	Miran → Mubarak Ali Khan → Najm-ud-Daulah →
country	Bengal Subah → Mughal Empire →
dateOfBattleOfPlassey	1757-06-23 →
deathPlace	Bengal Subah → India → Murshidabad →
ethnicGroup	Arab →
fullName	Mir Muhammad Jafar Ali Khan →
givenName	Jafar →
honorificTitle	Nawab of Bengal →
languageOfName	Persian →
legacy	symbol of treachery in South Asian political discourse →
monarchDuringReign	Mughal Emperor Alamgir II → 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 (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
agents of Mir Jafar →	alignedWith
Battle of Plassey →	commander
Mir Jafar ("Jafar") →	givenName
Nawab of Bengal →	hasTitleHolder
Najafi dynasty →	notableMember
Siraj ud-Daulah →	opponent
British conquest of Bengal →	participant
Siraj ud-Daulah →	successor
Jagat Seth banking family →	supported