Nawabs of Awadh

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Indian princely house Muslim dynasty Shia dynasty

The Nawabs of Awadh were a powerful Shia Muslim dynasty that ruled the rich North Indian region of Awadh (Oudh) in the 18th and 19th centuries, renowned for their opulent court culture, patronage of arts and architecture, and eventual annexation by the British.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nawab of Awadh	7
Nawabs of Oudh	1
Oudh royal family	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian princely house ⓘ Muslim dynasty ⓘ Shia dynasty ⓘ
annexationYear	1856 ⓘ
annexedBy	British Empire ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
built	Bara Imambara ⓘ Chota Imambara ⓘ Qaiserbagh complex ⓘ Rumi Darwaza ⓘ
capital	Faizabad ⓘ Lucknow ⓘ
country	Oudh ⓘ surface form: Awadh
dynasticHouse	Nishapuri ⓘ
endTime	1856 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Persian ⓘ
firstRuler	Saadat Ali Khan I ⓘ
founder	Saadat Ali Khan I ⓘ
governmentForm	hereditary monarchy ⓘ
historicalEra	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
knownFor	development of Lucknow as cultural center ⓘ syncretic Hindu–Muslim culture ⓘ
lastRuler	Wajid Ali Shah ⓘ
laterVassalOf	British East India Company ⓘ
locatedIn	northern India ⓘ surface form: North India
notableFor	Persianate culture ⓘ music and dance patronage ⓘ opulent court culture ⓘ patronage of architecture ⓘ patronage of arts ⓘ refined cuisine ⓘ
overthrownBy	British East India Company ⓘ
patronOf	Kathak dance ⓘ surface form: Lucknow school of Kathak dance Indo-Islamic architecture ⓘ surface form: Lucknow school of architecture Shia religious institutions ⓘ Urdu poetry ⓘ
predecessor	Mughal Subah of Awadh ⓘ surface form: Mughal subahdars of Awadh
regionRuled	Oudh ⓘ surface form: Awadh Oudh ⓘ
religion	Shia Islam ⓘ
startTime	1722 ⓘ
successor	Oudh ⓘ surface form: British-ruled Oudh State
titleHolder	Nawabs of Awadh self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nawab of Awadh
usedLanguage	Hindustani ⓘ Persian ⓘ Urdu language ⓘ surface form: Urdu
vassalOf	Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire

Referenced by (13)

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

Mughal Subah of Awadh → associatedDynasty → Nawabs of Awadh ⓘ

Imambara complexes in Lucknow → associatedWith → Nawabs of Awadh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nawabs of Oudh

Battle of Buxar → combatant → Nawabs of Awadh ⓘ