Mubarak Ali Khan II
Mubarak Ali Khan II | |
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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) | |
Issue | Mansur Ali Khan Wahid Hussaib Khan Bahadur |
Ahmad Ali Khan | |
Mother | Najib un-Nisa Begum |
Religion | Shia Islam |
Sayyid Mubarak Ali Khan II, popularly known as Humayun Jah (1810 – 1838), was born on 29 September 1810 to
Life
Early years
Mubarak Ali Khan was the only son of
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.
At Findall Bagh (now known as Mubarak Manzil) the Courts of Justice of the
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
Death and succession
Nawab Nazim Humayun Jah died on 3 October 1838 and was succeeded by his son, Mansur Ali Khan.[1][5]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "Information on Nawab Nazim Humayun Jah". Murshidabad.net. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ISBN 9780761823490. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ^ Sir William Wilson Hunter (1908). Imperial Gazetteer of India ... Clarendon Press. p. 57. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
- ^ John Henry Tull Walsh (1902). A history of Murshidabad District (Bengal). Jarrold. pp. 261.