Mubarak Ali Khan II

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Mubarak Ali Khan II
Shuja-ul-Mulk (Hero of the Country)
Ihtisham-ud-Daulla (Victor in War)
Humayun Jah (Of Auspicious Rank)
Feroze Jang (Dignifier of the Country)
mut'ah wife)
  • Umdat un-Nisa Begum
  • IssueMansur Ali Khan

    Wahid Hussaib Khan Bahadur
    Sultana Ghetiara Begum

    and

    a daughter who died before 1837.
    Ahmad Ali Khan
    MotherNajib un-Nisa Begum
    ReligionShia Islam

    Sayyid Mubarak Ali Khan II, popularly known as Humayun Jah (1810 – 1838), was born on 29 September 1810 to

    Nawab of Bengal from 1824 to 1838. He was succeeded by Mansur Ali Khan. He built the famous and renowned Hazarduari Palace and Mubarak Manzil in Murshidabad, India. Nawab Nazim Humayun Jah died on 3 October 1838.[1][2]

    Life

    Early years

    Mubarak Ali Khan was the only son of

    Ahmad Ali Khan. He succeeded his father after he died in 1824 under the titles of Humayun Jah (Of Auspicious Rank), Shuja ul-Mulk (Hero of the Country), Ihtisham ud-Daulah (Victor in War) and Feroz-e-Jang (Dignifier of the Country).[1]

    Reign as a Nawab

    In 1826 he went to Patna for a change in the dewanship and when he attained his majority he took the management in his own hands, with the plan to dismiss Raja Ganga Dhar from the Nizamat Dewanship.

    An old photo of the Moti Mahal of Mubaraq Manzil seen with the black throne.

    At Findall Bagh (now known as Mubarak Manzil) the Courts of Justice of the

    Calcutta
    . This spacious property of Findall Bagh was abandoned. There were also three buildings on this spacious property.

    In May 1830 Nawab Humayun Jah bought this property from Raja Kissen Chand Bahadur and Kumar Chand of Nashipur for an amount of 35,000. He transformed the property into a pleasure garden and erected the Moti Mahal (also known as the Red Bunglow) here, he named the garden Mubarak Manzil.[1][3][4]

    On the terrace in front of Moti Mahal stood the Royal Throne (black throne) used by the

    Victoria Museum, Kolkata.[1]

    The grand Hazarduari Palace illuminated at night.

    Death and succession

    Tomb of Humayun Jah at Jafarganj Cemetery.

    Nawab Nazim Humayun Jah died on 3 October 1838 and was succeeded by his son, Mansur Ali Khan.[1][5]

    See also

    References

    1. ^ a b c d e "Information on Nawab Nazim Humayun Jah". Murshidabad.net. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
    2. ^ Indian records (1870). Indian records, with a commercial view of the relations between the British government and the nawabs nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Odisha. G. Bubb.
    3. . Retrieved 26 November 2012.
    4. ^ Sir William Wilson Hunter (1908). Imperial Gazetteer of India ... Clarendon Press. p. 57. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
    5. ^ John Henry Tull Walsh (1902). A history of Murshidabad District (Bengal). Jarrold. pp. 261.

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    Mubarak Ali Khan II
    Born: 29 September 1810 Died: October 3, 1838
    Preceded by
    Ahmad Ali Khan
    Nawab of Bengal

    1824–1838
    Succeeded by