Carnatic Sultanate
Carnatic Sultanate State of Carnatic | |||||||||||
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1692–1855 | |||||||||||
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Capital | Arcot (1710–1768), Chepauk (1768–1855) | ||||||||||
Common languages | Tamil, Telugu, Persian | ||||||||||
Religion | Islam (state religion) | ||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
Nawab | |||||||||||
• 1692–1703 (first) | Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung | ||||||||||
• 1710–1732 (first independent) | Saadatullah Khan I | ||||||||||
• 1824–1855 (last) | Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan | ||||||||||
Historical era | Mughal rule in India Company rule in India | ||||||||||
• Progenitor of family appointed governor | 1692 | ||||||||||
• Established | 1692 | ||||||||||
23 September – 14 November 1751 | |||||||||||
26 July 1801 | |||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1855 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | India |
The Carnatic Sultanate was a kingdom in
Borders
The old province, known as the Carnatic, in which
History
With the decline of
With the decline of the Mughal empire, the Carnatic
In 1740, the
Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah became the ruler in 1765.
The growing influences of the English and the French and their colonial wars had a huge impact on the Carnatic. Wallajah supported the English against the French and
The thirteenth Nawab, Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan, died, and the British annexed the Carnatic Nawabdom, applying the doctrine of lapse. Ghouse Khan's uncle Azim Jah was created the first Prince of Arcot (Amir-e-Arcot) in 1867 by Queen Victoria, and was given a tax free-pension in perpetuity.
List of rulers
Mughal Subedar of the Carnatic
Name | Reign began | Reign ended | Notes | |
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1 | Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung | 1692 | 1703 | Son of Asad Khan, a renowned nobleman in the court of Emperor Aurangzeb |
2 | Daud Khan Panni | 1703 | 1710 | Before he was made Nawab, the Emperor Mughal Army .
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3 | Sa'adatullah Khan I | 1710 | 1732 | He was the last Mughal governor who was appointed as Nawab of Carnatic. Belonging to a Navaiyit family,[5] he had no children and so he adopted his brother Ghulam Ali Khan's son Dost Ali Khan as his own and nominated him as successor. |
Independent Nawabs of the Carnatic
1 | Sa'adatullah Khan I | 1710 | 1732 | He was the last Mughal governor who was appointed as Nawab of Carnatic. Having no children, he adopted his brother Ghulam Ali Khan's son Dost Ali Khan as his own and nominated him as successor. |
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2 | Dost Ali Khan | 1732 | 1740 | Nephew of Sa'adatullah Khan I |
3 | Safdar Ali Khan | 1740 | 1742 | Son of Dost Ali Khan |
De facto | Nawab Muruza Ali Khan
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November 1742 | December 1742 | Cousin and Brother-in-Law of Safdar Ali Khan |
4 | Sa'adatullah Khan II | 1742 | 1744 | Son of Arcot . So, with him, the first dynasty of the Nawabs of Arcot came to an end.
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5 | Anwaruddin Khan | 1744 | 3 August 1749 | He was the 1st Nawab of Arcot of the second dynasty. He was of Qannauji Sheikh origin.[6]
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Nawabs of the Carnatic under European influence
Names | Reign began | Reign ended | Notes | |
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1 | Chanda Shahib
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1749 | 1752 | Son-in-law of the Carnatic Wars .
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2 | Muhammad Ali Khan Wala-Jah
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3 August 1749 | 16 October 1795 | Son of Carnatic Wars. Moved the capital from Arcot to Chepauk
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3 | Umdat ul-Umara | 1795 | 1801 | Son of Muhammad Ali Khan Wala-Jah
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4 | Azim-ud-Daula* | 1801 | 1819 | Signed the Carnatic Treaty, ceding tax rights to the British |
Nawabs of the Carnatic as a British Protectorate
1 | Azim-ud-Daula* | 1801 | 1819 | Nephew of Umdat ul-Umara |
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2 | Azam Jah | 1819 | 1825 | Son of Azim-ud-Daula |
3 | Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan | 1825 | 1855 | Son of Azam Jah.
He died in 1855 at the age of 31. He did not leave behind any male heir. |
- Silver shade signifies the French East India Company
- Yellow shade signifies the British East India Company
- * Signed the Carnatic Treaty ceding tax rights
Princes of Arcot
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Amir | Reign | Notes | ||||
Azim Jah |
1867–1874 | younger son of Azim-ud-Daula
The Chepauk Palace, the official residence of the princes of the Carnatic had been taken over by the British in 1859. He constructed a new residence, the Amir Mahal, in Royapettah. | ||||
Sir Zahir-ud-Daula Bahadur | 1874–1879 | Son of Azim Jah
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Intizam-ul-Mulk Muazzal ud-Daula Bahadur | 1879–1889 | younger son of Azim Jah
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Sir Muhammad Munawar Khan Bahadur | 1889–1903 | nephew of Intizam-ul-Mulk | ||||
Sir Ghulam Muhammad Ali Khan Bahadur | 1903–1952 | Son of Muhammad Munawar Khan | ||||
Ghulam Mohiuddin Khan Bahadur | 1952–1969 | younger son of Muhammad Munawar Khan | ||||
Ghulam Mohammed Abdul Khader | 1969–1993 | Son of Ghulam Mohiuddin Khan | ||||
Muhammed Abdul Ali | 1993– | Son of Ghulam Mohammed Abdul Khader |
Gallery
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In the year 1702,British East India Companyto vie for peace
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Death of theAnwaruddin Muhammed Khan in a battle against the Frenchin 1749, by Paul Philipoteaux
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TheRobert Clive and the combined forces of the Mughal Empire's Nawab of the Carnatic, Chanda Sahib, assisted by a small number of troops from the French East India Company
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Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah, (1717–1795)
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Umdat ul-Umara the Nawab of the Carnatic was a covert ally of Tipu Sultan
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Azim Jah, eleventh and penultimate Nawab of the Carnatic, 1867 to 1874.
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Azim-ud-Daula, Nawab of the Carnatic and his son Azam Jah.
See also
- Carnatic Wars
- Amir Mahal
- Nawab of Masulipatam
- Nawab of Banganapalle
- Nawab of Savanur
- History of Tamil Nadu
- Nizams of Hyderabad
References
- ISBN 9781615302017.
- ISBN 9780836412628.
- ^ "Mughal Empire 1526-1707 by Sanderson Beck". San.beck.org. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "Benfield, Paul" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ISBN 978-1-84331-004-4.
- ^ Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Muzaffarnagar. Government of Uttar Pradesh. 1988. p. 42.
- ISBN 9788131300343.
- ^ Terence R. Blackburn. A miscellany of mutinies and massacres in India.
External links
- Indian Princely States – Arcot on uq.net.au
- The House of Arcot (archived)