Nawab of Arcot family

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The Nawab of Arcot family is a prominent South Indian royal lineage that historically ruled the Carnatic region under the Mughal and later British influence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian noble house ⓘ
royal family ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nawabs of the Carnatic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wallajah family NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedCity Arcot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chennai NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithBuilding Amir Mahal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chepauk Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ
country India ⓘ
currentResidence Amir Mahal, Chennai NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasticHouse Wallajah dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Muslim ⓘ
hereditaryTitle Prince of Arcot NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalAllegiance British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mughal Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedIn Carnatic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Persian (historical court language) ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
laterSeatOfPower Madras NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMember Anwaruddin Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Azim-ud-Daula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah NERFINISHED ⓘ
Umdat ul-Umara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zahid Ali Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronOf Islamic scholarship ⓘ
Persian literature ⓘ
South Indian architecture ⓘ
politicalStatus princely house under British paramountcy ⓘ
subordinate ally of the Mughal Empire ⓘ
recognizedBy Government of India (as Prince of Arcot) NERFINISHED ⓘ
region Carnatic NERFINISHED ⓘ
South India ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
ruledTerritory Arcot NERFINISHED ⓘ
Carnatic region NERFINISHED ⓘ
parts of present-day Tamil Nadu ⓘ
seatOfPower Arcot NERFINISHED ⓘ
titleHeld Nawab of the Carnatic NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah → nobleFamily → Nawab of Arcot family ⓘ
Carnatic Nawabate → rulingDynasty → Nawab of Arcot family ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nawabs of Arcot
Azim-ud-Daula → followedBy → Nawab of Arcot family ⓘ
this entity surface form: hereditary Princes of Arcot