Dynasty · 1722 – 1856
Awadh — the Nawab-Viziers and Kings of Oudh
From Sa'adat Khan Burhan al-Mulk's appointment, 1134/1722, to the British annexation and Wajid Ali's deposition, 1272/1856, per Bosworth's table and closing prose.
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- bosworth-awadh-table
177 The Nawwāb-Viziers and Kings of Oudh (Awadh) 1134-1272/1722-1856 North India 1134/1722 Sayyid Muḥammad Amīn Sa‘adat Khān Bahādur, Burhān al-Mulk ⊘ ... 1263-72/1847-56 Wājd ‘Alī b. Amjad, d. 1304/1887 1272/1856 Annexation to British India ⊘ (1273/1857 Barjīs Qadïr b. Wājd ‘Alī, raised to the throne during the Sepoy Mutiny)
- bosworth-awadh-narrative
it was on grounds of misgovernment that the Governor-General Lord Dalhousie deposed Wājid ‘Alī in 1272/1856, thus putting an end to the kingdom of Oudh ... Under its local rulers, Oudh, and especially the capital Lucknow, with its court circle, witnessed a burgeoning of Shī‘ī religiosity, Urdu literature and Indo-Muslim archi[tecture]