Nawab of Awadh
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The Nawab of Awadh or Nawab of Oudh was the title of the rulers of Kingdom of Awadh in northern India during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Nawabs of Awadh belonged to an Iranian dynasty of Sayyid o
First to reign Saadat Khan 26 January 1722 – 19 March 1739
Shuja ud-Daula and his ten sons
Mumtaz-ud-Daulah of the Budh Royal Family attributed to Felice Beato
Birjis Qadr
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Birjis Qadr was the son of Wajid Ali Shah, the last Nawab of Awadh. He was put on the throne after his father had been deposed by the East India Company in 1856 under the terms of the Doctrine of laps
Nawab of Awadh
…All of these rulers of the Royal House of Awadh used the title of Nawab from 1722 onward: 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…
Royal portrait of Birjis Qadr
From left to right: Qadr's father Wajid Ali Shah, Qadr, Qadr's mother Begum Hazrat Mahal
Portrait of a man sitting with hands folded, from the Mirza Birjis Qadr Album
Birjis Qadr (left) with son Khurshid Qadr (right) and three bodyguards in Calcutta around 1893 in this rare photograph.