Alivardi Khan

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Nawab historical figure ruler

Alivardi Khan was an 18th-century Nawab of Bengal known for consolidating power in the region and resisting early Maratha and British encroachments before being succeeded by his grandson Siraj ud-Daulah.

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Label Occurrences
Alivardi Khan canonical 17
Alivardi Khan family 1
Nawab Alivardi Khan 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nawab ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
ruler ⓘ
birthDate c. 1671 ⓘ
birthName Mirza Muhammad Ali ⓘ
burialPlace Jangipur ⓘ
surface form: Khoshbagh, Murshidabad
capital Murshidabad ⓘ
conflict Maratha invasions of Bengal ⓘ
countryRuled Bengal Subah ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
Orissa ⓘ
currencyUsed Mughal rupee ⓘ
deathDate 9 April 1756 ⓘ
deathPlace Murshidabad ⓘ
dynasty Afshar (Afsharid-related) lineage ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Persianate ⓘ
father Mirza Muhammad Madani ⓘ
fullName Alivardi Khan self-link ⓘ
governmentType hereditary nawabship under nominal Mughal suzerainty ⓘ
grandson Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ
knownFor consolidating power in Bengal ⓘ
resisting Maratha incursions ⓘ
resisting early British encroachment ⓘ
languageUsed Persian (administrative) ⓘ
maintainedRelationsWith Shahjahanabad ⓘ
surface form: Mughal court at Delhi
militaryRole general under Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan ⓘ
mother Shahzadi Khanam ⓘ
notableEvent victory at the Battle of Giria (1740) ⓘ
officeAcquiredBy coup against Sarfaraz Khan ⓘ
opponent British East India Company ⓘ
Maratha Empire ⓘ
policy centralization of provincial authority ⓘ
defensive warfare against Maratha raids ⓘ
positionHeld Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
Nawab of Bihar ⓘ
Nawab of Orissa ⓘ
predecessor Sarfaraz Khan ⓘ
region Bengal ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ
surface form: Eastern India
reignEnd 1756 ⓘ
reignStart 1740 ⓘ
relative Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
successor Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ
successorState Nawab of Bengal under Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ
suzerain Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire
title Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
surface form: Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa

Referenced by (19)

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

Siraj ud-Daulah → predecessor → Alivardi Khan ⓘ
Siraj ud-Daulah → grandfather → Alivardi Khan ⓘ
Najafi dynasty → notableMember → Alivardi Khan ⓘ
Najafi dynasty → firstRuler → Alivardi Khan ⓘ
Alivardi Khan → fullName → Alivardi Khan self-link ⓘ
Nawab of Bengal → hasTitleHolder → Alivardi Khan ⓘ
Bengal Subah → notableGovernor → Alivardi Khan ⓘ
Mir Muhammad Jafar Ali Khan → fatherInLaw → Alivardi Khan ⓘ
Sarfaraz Khan → successor → Alivardi Khan ⓘ
Sarfaraz Khan → conflictWith → Alivardi Khan ⓘ
Maratha invasions of Bengal → commander → Alivardi Khan ⓘ
Maratha invasions of Bengal → opponent → Alivardi Khan ⓘ
Shahzadi Khanam → father → Alivardi Khan ⓘ
Shahzadi Khanam → nobleFamily → Alivardi Khan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alivardi Khan family
Khoshbagh → burialPlaceOf → Alivardi Khan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nawab Alivardi Khan
Mirza Muhammad Madani → child → Alivardi Khan ⓘ
Mirza Muhammad Madani → notableDescendant → Alivardi Khan ⓘ
Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan → successorInBengalPolitics → Alivardi Khan ⓘ
Mirza Muhammad Ali → alsoKnownAs → Alivardi Khan ⓘ