Najafi dynasty

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Bengal dynasty Muslim dynasty ruling dynasty

The Najafi dynasty was an 18th-century ruling house of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa in eastern India, best known for its Nawabs including Siraj ud-Daulah during the period of growing British influence.

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Najafi dynasty canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bengal dynasty ⓘ
Muslim dynasty ⓘ
ruling dynasty ⓘ
associatedWith Murshid Quli Khan family ⓘ
capital Murshidabad ⓘ
conflict British East India Company ⓘ
country Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire
currency rupee ⓘ
economicBase Bengal textile trade ⓘ
land revenue from Bengal, Bihar and Orissa ⓘ
endTime 1793 ⓘ
ethnicComposition Bengali ⓘ
North Indian Muslim nobility ⓘ
firstRuler Alivardi Khan ⓘ
followedBy Company rule in India ⓘ
governmentForm hereditary monarchy ⓘ
hasTitle Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
surface form: Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa

Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
surface form: Nawab of Bengal and Bihar
historicalEra 18th century ⓘ
knownFor decline of Mughal authority in Bengal ⓘ
resistance to British expansion in eastern India ⓘ
languageUsed Bengali ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
lastRuler Mubarak ud-Daulah ⓘ
namedAfter Najaf Ali Khan ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of Buxar ⓘ
Battle of Plassey ⓘ
notableMember Alivardi Khan ⓘ
Mir Jafar ⓘ
Mir Qasim ⓘ
Mubarak ud-Daulah ⓘ
Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ
overlord Mughal emperor ⓘ
partOf Bengal Subah ⓘ
politicalStatus semi-independent nawabate ⓘ
powerBase Murshidabad ⓘ
surface form: Murshidabad court
predecessor Nasiri dynasty ⓘ
region Bengal ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
Orissa ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
startTime 1740 ⓘ
subordinateTo British East India Company after 1757 ⓘ
territorialExtent eastern India ⓘ
vassalTo Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire

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Siraj ud-Daulah → dynasty → Najafi dynasty ⓘ
Mubarak Ali Khan → dynasty → Najafi dynasty ⓘ
Mir Qasim → dynasty → Najafi dynasty ⓘ
Jafarganj Cemetery → associatedWith → Najafi dynasty ⓘ
Nasiri dynasty → followedBy → Najafi dynasty ⓘ
Nasiri dynasty → hasSuccessorState → Najafi dynasty ⓘ
Mubarak ud-Daulah → dynasty → Najafi dynasty ⓘ
Murshid Quli Khan family → associatedDynasty → Najafi dynasty ⓘ
Najaf Ali Khan → hasLegacy → Najafi dynasty ⓘ
Najaf Ali Khan → influenced → Najafi dynasty ⓘ
Najaf Ali Khan → eponymOf → Najafi dynasty ⓘ