Mir Qasim
Mīr Qasim | |
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Nawab Nazim of Bengal and Bihar | |
Reign | 20 October 1760 – 7 July 1763 |
Predecessor | Mir Jafar |
Successor | Mir Jafar |
Full name | Mīr Muhqammad qasim Ali khan |
Native name | মীর কাশিম |
Died | Kotwal, Maratha Empire | 8 May 1777
Noble family | Najafi |
Spouse(s) | Nawab Fatima Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mir Jafar and Shah Khanum |
Issue |
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Father | Mir Razi Khan |
Military career | |
Allegiance | Bengal War Battle of Buxar |
Mir Qasim (
Early life and family
Mir Syed Qasim was the son of Mir Muhammad Razi Khan, and claimed descent from
Qasim was married to Fatima Begum, a daughter of
Life
Upon ascending the throne, Mir Qasim rewarded the East India Company with lavish gifts.He also granted it the right to collect revenue of the districts of
Qasim vigorously opposed the East India Company's position that their Mughal license (a
Unlike
Death
Having lost all his men and influence after his defeat at Buxar, Qasim was expelled from his camp by
Mir Qasim died in obscurity and abject poverty possibly from dropsy, at Kotwal, near Delhi on 8 May 1777.[citation needed]
See also
- Mughal Empire
- Shia Islam in India
References
- ^ a b Shah, Mohammad (2012). "Mir Qasim". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
- ISBN 978-0-8021-4228-3.
- ^ Askari, Syed Hasan (1946). "Bihar in the time of Aurangzeb". The Journal of the Bihar Research Society. 32. Bihar Research Society: 177.
- ^ Ali Khan, Syed Muhammad Reza (1975). The Murshidabad Guide: A Brief Historical Survey of Murshidabad, from 1704 to 1969. Shaykh Pear Mohammed. p. 27.
- ISBN 9780761823490.
- ^ Majumdar, A. B. (1970). "Note on the northern frontier of Bengal from Murshid Kuli Khan to Warren Hastings". Proceedings. 31. Indian History Congress: 332.
- ISBN 9789352534173.
Further reading
- Dalrymple, William (2019). The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company (Hardcover). New York: Bloomsbury publishing. ISBN 978-1-63557-395-4.