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Nawabs of Bengal
Everything the archive holds on Nawabs of Bengal, gathered from across the map. The Atlas files a topic once, in one branch; a collection brings back together what that filing separates.
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- DynastyNawabs of Bengal (Nawwab-Nazims) — 1704 – 1765
- PersonMurshid Qulī Khān, Ja'far Khān 'Alā' al-Dawla — r. 1704 – 1725
- PersonShujā' Khān, Shujā' al-Dawla — r. 1725 – 1739
- PersonSarfarāz Khān, 'Alā' al-Dawla — r. 1739 – 1740
- Person'Alīwirdī Khān, Mīrzā Muḥammad 'Alī Mahābat Jang Hāshim al-Dawla — r. 1740 – 1756
- PersonZayn al-Dīn Aḥmad — named only as father of Sirāj al-Dawla
- PersonMīrzā Maḥmūd, Sirāj al-Dawla — r. 1756 – 1757
- PersonSayyid Aḥmad Najafī — named only as father of Mīr Ja'far Muḥammad Khān
- PersonMīr Ja'far Muḥammad Khān, Hāshim al-Dawla — r. 1757 – 1760 (first reign); restored 1763 – 1765 (second reign)
- PersonMīr Qāsim 'Alī — r. 1760 – 1763
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Murshid Quli Khan — first Nawab · Alivardi Khan 1740–1756 · The Bargi Raids — Maratha incursions · Siraj ud-Daulah — fell at Plassey 1757 · Mir Jafar & Mir Qasim