Murshid Quli Khan

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Mughal noble Nawab of Bengal historical figure

Murshid Quli Khan was the first Nawab of Bengal under the Mughal Empire, known for his administrative reforms, revenue reorganization, and for establishing Murshidabad as his capital.

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Label	Occurrences
Murshid Quli Khan canonical	12

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mughal noble ⓘ Nawab of Bengal ⓘ historical figure ⓘ
allegiance	Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire
appointedBy	Aurangzeb ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Bengal ⓘ Deccan (as a former slave and official) ⓘ Murshidabad ⓘ
birthName	Surya Narayan Mishra ⓘ
burialPlace	Khoshbagh ⓘ
capitalEstablishedAt	Murshidabad ⓘ
capitalPreviouslyAt	Dhaka ⓘ surface form: Dacca
country	Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire
deathPlace	Murshidabad ⓘ
era	early 18th century ⓘ late 17th century ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Telugu ⓘ
implemented	rigorous auditing of revenue accounts ⓘ
implementedPolicy	farming out revenue collection to powerful zamindars ⓘ
knownFor	centralization of provincial administration ⓘ encouraging commercial growth in Murshidabad ⓘ strict revenue collection ⓘ
monarch	Aurangzeb ⓘ Bahadur Shah I ⓘ Farrukhsiyar ⓘ
movedAdministrativeCapitalFrom	Dhaka ⓘ surface form: Dacca
movedAdministrativeCapitalTo	Murshidabad ⓘ
notableFor	administrative reforms in Bengal ⓘ establishing Murshidabad as capital of Bengal ⓘ laying foundations of semi‑independent Bengal Nawabate ⓘ revenue reorganization in Bengal ⓘ
officeCreated	hereditary Nawabship of Bengal ⓘ
positionHeld	Diwan of Bengal ⓘ Diwan of Bihar ⓘ Diwan of Orissa ⓘ Nawab of Bengal ⓘ Nawab of Bengal ⓘ surface form: Subahdar of Bengal
reduced	power of local zamindars in Bengal ⓘ
region	Bengal Subah ⓘ Bihar ⓘ surface form: Bihar Subah Orissa ⓘ surface form: Orissa Subah
religion	Islam ⓘ
reorganized	land revenue system of Bengal ⓘ
strengthened	authority of provincial diwan over revenue ⓘ
successor	Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan ⓘ
title	Jafar Khan ⓘ Murshid Quli Khan self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Murshidabad → associatedWith → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ

Murshidabad → namedAfter → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ

Nawab of Bengal → hasTitleHolder → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ

Nawab of Bengal → firstHolder → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ

Bengal Subah → notableGovernor → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ

Katra Masjid → builder → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ

Katra Masjid → patron → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ

Katra Masjid → namedAfter → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ

Katra Masjid → associatedWith → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ

Murshid Quli Khan family → notableMember → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ

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

Murshid Quli Khan → title → Murshid Quli Khan self-link ⓘ