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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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Orissa NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ