Nawab of the Carnatic

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Indian princely title hereditary monarchy subordinate ruler of the Mughal Empire

The Nawab of the Carnatic was a hereditary Muslim ruler and vassal of the Mughal Empire (later interacting with European colonial powers) who governed the Carnatic region in southern India from the late 17th to the mid-19th century.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nawab of Arcot	4
Carnatic Nawabs	1
Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah	1
Nawab of the Carnatic and Arcot	1
Nawabs of the Carnatic	1
Nawabship of the Carnatic	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian princely title ⓘ hereditary monarchy ⓘ subordinate ruler of the Mughal Empire ⓘ
abolishedBy	Doctrine of Lapse ⓘ surface form: Doctrine of Lapse (applied by the British)
appliesToJurisdiction	Arcot ⓘ Carnatic ⓘ parts of present-day Andhra Pradesh ⓘ parts of present-day Karnataka ⓘ parts of present-day Tamil Nadu ⓘ
conflict	Second Carnatic War ⓘ surface form: Anglo-Carnatic Wars First Carnatic War ⓘ Second Carnatic War ⓘ Third Carnatic War ⓘ
country	Carnatic region ⓘ
dissolved	1855 ⓘ
dynasty	Wallajah dynasty ⓘ
endTime	mid-19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Muslims of South Asia ⓘ
followedBy	Madras Presidency ⓘ surface form: British-controlled Madras Presidency
follows	Mughal military governorship in the Carnatic ⓘ
governmentType	hereditary absolute monarchy (under suzerainty) ⓘ
hasCapital	Arcot ⓘ Madras ⓘ surface form: Madras (later period, ceremonial)
hasRuler	Anwaruddin Khan ⓘ Azim-ud-Daula ⓘ Dost Ali Khan ⓘ Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan ⓘ Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah ⓘ Saadatullah Khan I ⓘ Umdat ul-Umara ⓘ
hasTitle	Nawab of the Carnatic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nawab of Arcot Nawab of the Carnatic self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nawab of the Carnatic and Arcot
inception	c. 1692 ⓘ
interactsWith	British East India Company ⓘ French East India Company ⓘ Kingdom of Mysore ⓘ Maratha Empire ⓘ
languageUsed	Persian (court language) ⓘ Tamil ⓘ Telugu ⓘ Urdu ⓘ
legalStatus	princely state under British influence ⓘ vassal state of the Mughal Empire ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	pre-standard local time of South India ⓘ
partOf	Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire
religion	Islam ⓘ
residence	Chepauk Palace, Madras ⓘ surface form: Chepauk Palace
seatOfGovernment	Arcot ⓘ Chepauk Palace, Madras ⓘ
startTime	late 17th century ⓘ
subordinateTo	Mughal Emperor ⓘ Nizam ⓘ surface form: Nizam of Hyderabad (nominally, in early period)
treaty	Carnatic treaties with the British East India Company ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Siege of Arcot → associatedWith → Nawab of the Carnatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nawabship of the Carnatic

Arcot → associatedWithDynasty → Nawab of the Carnatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Carnatic Nawabs

Arcot → associatedWithTitle → Nawab of the Carnatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nawab of Arcot

Chanda Sahib → claimedTitle → Nawab of the Carnatic ⓘ

Siege of Arcot → hasCommander → Nawab of the Carnatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah

Nawab of the Carnatic → hasTitle → Nawab of the Carnatic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nawab of Arcot

Nawab of the Carnatic → hasTitle → Nawab of the Carnatic self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nawab of the Carnatic and Arcot

Second Carnatic War → involvedAlly → Nawab of the Carnatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nawab of Arcot

First Anglo-Mysore War → mainBelligerent → Nawab of the Carnatic ⓘ

Chanda Sahib → positionHeld → Nawab of the Carnatic ⓘ

Carnatic region of India → relatedTo → Nawab of the Carnatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nawab of Arcot

Arcot → ruledBy → Nawab of the Carnatic ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nawabs of the Carnatic

Carnatic region of India → ruledBy → Nawab of the Carnatic ⓘ