The Nawab of Awadh or Nawab of Oudh was the title of the rulers of Kingdom of Awadh (anglicised as Oudh) in northern India during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Nawabs of Awadh belonged to an Iranian dynastySacred space and holy war: the politics, culture and history of Shi'ite Islam By Juan Ricardo ColeEncyclopædia Iranica, , R. B. BarnettArt and culture: endeavours in interpretation by Ahsan Jan Qaisar, Som Prakash Verma, Mohammad Habib of Sayyid origin of Shia Islam. from Nishapur, Iran. In 1724, Nawab Sa'adat Khan established the Kingdom of Awadh with their capital in Faizabad and Lucknow.
History
The Nawabs of Awadh were semi-autonomous rulers within the fragmented polities of Mughal India after the death of Aurangzeb in 1707. They fought wars with the Peshwa, the Battle of Bhopal (1737) against the Maratha Empire (which was opposed to the Mughal Empire), and the Battle of Karnal (1739) as courtiers of the Moghul.
The Nawabs of Awadh, along with many other Nawabs, were regarded as members of the nobility of the Mughal Empire. They joined Ahmad Shah Durrani during the Third Battle of Panipat (1761) and restored Shah Alam II ( and 1788–1806) to the imperial throne. The Nawab of Awadh also fought the Battle of Buxar (1764) preserving the interests of the Mughals. The Oudh State eventually declared itself independent from the rule of the Mughal Empire in 1818.
List of rulers All of these rulers of the Royal House of Awadh used the title of Nawab from 1722 onward:
Decendants to the throne of Awadh Meerza family.... Nawab Meher Quder Zahid Ali Meerza (son of Nawab Birjis Qadr) Nawab Kaukab Quder Meerza (son of Nawab Meher Quder Zahid Ali Meerza) Nawab Kamran Meerza (son of Kaukab Meerza) Mohammed Sulaiman Qudr Meerza (son of Kamran Meerza) Nawab Ibrahim Ali Khan Sheesh Mahal
Gallery
See also Begum Hazrat Mahal List of Shia dynasties The Chess Players (film)
References
Further reading Ashirbadi Lal Srivastava (1899–1973): The First Two Nawabs of Awadh. A critical study based on original sources. With a foreword by Sir Jadunath Sarkar. Lucknow : The Upper India Publishing House 1933. xi, 301 S. Originally Phil. Diss. Lucknow 1932. 2. rev. and corr. ed. Agra : Shiv Lal Agarwal 1954. About Burhan ul Mulk Sa'adat Khan (1680–1739) and Safdar Jang (1708–1754), Nawabs of Awadh Ashirbadi Lal Srivastava (1899–1973): Shuja-ud-Daulah. Vol. I (1754–1765). Calcutta : Sarkar Midland Press 1939 A thesis approved for the degree of doctor of letters by the Agra University in 1938. 2., rev. and corr. ed. Agra : Shiva Lal Agarwala 1961. Vol. II (1765–1775) Lahore : Minerva 1945. 2. ed. Agra : Agarwal 1974. About Shuja-ud-Daula (1732–1775), Nawab of Awadh
External links
Nawabs of Awadh THE COURT LIFE UNDER THE NAWABS OF AWADH (1754–1797) Roots of North Indian Shi‘ism in Iran and Iraq:Religion and State in Awadh, 1722–1859, by J. R. I. Cole. University of California Press, 1989. HISTORICAL SERIES No. LVI Advanced study in the history of modern India, Volume 2, by G. S. Chhabra, Lotus Press, 1 January 2005