Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan

E336924

18th-century ruler Nawab historical figure ruler

Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan was an 18th-century Nawab of Bengal known for his relatively stable and prosperous rule before the rise of Alivardi Khan.

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Label	Occurrences
Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan canonical	9

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3176720 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan
Context triple: [Alivardi Khan, relative, Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan]

A. Ghazi-ud-Din Haider
Ghazi-ud-Din Haider was the first King of Awadh, known for his lavish architectural patronage and for transforming Lucknow into a major cultural and religious center in the early 19th century.
B. Najm-ud-Daulah
Najm-ud-Daulah was an 18th-century Nawab of Bengal who succeeded his father Mir Jafar under the dominance of the British East India Company.
C. Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim
Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim, better known by his regnal name Jahangir, was the fourth Mughal emperor of India, renowned for his patronage of the arts and relatively liberal, if often indulgent, rule in the early 17th century.
D. Muhammad Rahim Khan I
Muhammad Rahim Khan I was a prominent 19th-century khan who significantly shaped the political and cultural life of the Khanate of Khiva.
E. Khudayar Khan
Khudayar Khan was a 19th-century ruler of the Kokand Khanate in Central Asia, known for his turbulent reign marked by internal strife and increasing Russian influence in the region.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan
Target entity description: Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan was an 18th-century Nawab of Bengal known for his relatively stable and prosperous rule before the rise of Alivardi Khan.

A. Ghazi-ud-Din Haider
Ghazi-ud-Din Haider was the first King of Awadh, known for his lavish architectural patronage and for transforming Lucknow into a major cultural and religious center in the early 19th century.
B. Najm-ud-Daulah
Najm-ud-Daulah was an 18th-century Nawab of Bengal who succeeded his father Mir Jafar under the dominance of the British East India Company.
C. Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim
Nur-ud-din Muhammad Salim, better known by his regnal name Jahangir, was the fourth Mughal emperor of India, renowned for his patronage of the arts and relatively liberal, if often indulgent, rule in the early 17th century.
D. Muhammad Rahim Khan I
Muhammad Rahim Khan I was a prominent 19th-century khan who significantly shaped the political and cultural life of the Khanate of Khiva.
E. Khudayar Khan
Khudayar Khan was a 19th-century ruler of the Kokand Khanate in Central Asia, known for his turbulent reign marked by internal strife and increasing Russian influence in the region.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century ruler ⓘ Nawab ⓘ historical figure ⓘ ruler ⓘ
administrativeUnitRuled	Bengal Subah ⓘ Bihar ⓘ surface form: Bihar Subah Orissa ⓘ surface form: Orissa region
allegiance	Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah ⓘ surface form: Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah
capital	Murshidabad ⓘ
category	18th-century Indian monarchs ⓘ Nawab of Bengal ⓘ surface form: Nawabs of Bengal
centuryOfActivity	18th century ⓘ
child	Sarfaraz Khan ⓘ
country	Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire
currencyUsed	Mughal rupee ⓘ
deathDate	1739 ⓘ
deathPlace	Murshidabad ⓘ
dynasty	Nasiri dynasty ⓘ
era	late Mughal period ⓘ
ethnicBackground	Persian-origin Mughal noble ⓘ
father	Mirza Muhammad Madani ⓘ
governmentStyle	decentralized provincial administration ⓘ
historicalContext	preceded the rise of Alivardi Khan in Bengal ⓘ
knownFor	moderate and conciliatory policies ⓘ patronage of trade and commerce ⓘ period of peace before the rise of Alivardi Khan ⓘ prosperous administration of Bengal Subah ⓘ relatively stable rule in Bengal ⓘ
mother	daughter of Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
notableEvent	consolidation of Murshidabad as provincial capital ⓘ peaceful succession after Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
officeLocation	Murshidabad Palace ⓘ
policy	encouragement of agriculture ⓘ maintenance of relative religious tolerance ⓘ support for merchants and bankers ⓘ
positionHeld	Nawab of Bengal ⓘ Nawab of Bengal ⓘ surface form: Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
predecessor	Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
region	Bengal Subah ⓘ Bihar ⓘ Orissa ⓘ
reignEnd	1739 ⓘ
reignStart	1727 ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
spouse	Zinat-un-Nissa ⓘ
successor	Sarfaraz Khan ⓘ
successorInBengalPolitics	Alivardi Khan ⓘ
title	Nawab of Bengal ⓘ surface form: Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa

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Referenced by (9)

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

Alivardi Khan → relative → Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan ⓘ

Bengal Subah → notableGovernor → Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan ⓘ

Sarfaraz Khan → predecessor → Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan ⓘ

Sarfaraz Khan → father → Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan ⓘ

Murshid Quli Khan family → notableMember → Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan ⓘ

Mirza Muhammad Madani → relative → Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan ⓘ

Murshid Quli Khan → successor → Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan ⓘ

Mirza Muhammad Ali → relative → Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan ⓘ

subject surface form: Alivardi Khan

Mirza Muhammad Ali → servedUnder → Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan ⓘ