Nawabi court of Bengal

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historical institution royal court

The Nawabi court of Bengal was the opulent and politically influential royal court of the Nawabs of Bengal, centered in Murshidabad during the 18th century, known for its patronage of culture, arts, and powerful courtiers such as Munny Begum.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Murshidabad royal court 1
associated with Bengal Subah under Mughal Empire 1
court of the Nawab of Bengal 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical institution ⓘ
royal court ⓘ
associatedWithBuilding Hazarduari Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ
Katra Masjid NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Battle of Buxar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Plassey NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Murshidabad NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
declineCause British East India Company expansion ⓘ
defeat at the Battle of Plassey ⓘ
loss of revenue control to the British ⓘ
economicBase land revenue from Bengal ⓘ
trade and commerce in Bengal ⓘ
endTime late 18th century ⓘ
followedBy British colonial administration in Bengal ⓘ
governedTerritory Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bihar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orissa NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadInstitution court nobility ⓘ
harem politics ⓘ
revenue administration ⓘ
hasNotableCourtier Munny Begum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableRuler Alivardi Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Murshid Quli Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siraj ud-Daulah NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRuler Nawab of Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced regional court culture in eastern India ⓘ
influencedBy Mughal court culture ⓘ
Persianate culture ⓘ
knownFor opulence ⓘ
patronage of arts ⓘ
patronage of culture ⓘ
political influence ⓘ
powerful courtiers ⓘ
languageOfCourt Persian ⓘ
languageOfCulture Bengali ⓘ
locatedIn Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ
Murshidabad NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Nawabate of Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronOf Bengali literature ⓘ
Persian literature ⓘ
architecture ⓘ
music ⓘ
painting ⓘ
politicalStatus increasingly influenced by the British East India Company ⓘ
semi-autonomous under the Mughal Empire ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
startTime early 18th century ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Munny Begum → placeOfActivity → Nawabi court of Bengal ⓘ
Murshidabad Palace → historicalSignificance → Nawabi court of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: associated with Bengal Subah under Mughal Empire
Bengal navy → governingBody → Nawabi court of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: court of the Nawab of Bengal
Mansur Ali Khan → associatedWith → Nawabi court of Bengal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Murshidabad royal court