Nawab ofAwadh (Oudh)
Seal of the Kingdom of Awadh
First to reign Saadat Ali Khan I 26 January 1722 – 19 March 1739
Details
First monarch	Saadat Ali Khan I
Last monarch	Birjis Qadr
Formation	26 January 1722
Abolition	3 March 1858
Residence	Chattar Manzil

TheNawab of Awadh orNawab of Oudh/ˈaʊd/ was the title of the rulers ofKingdom of Awadh (anglicised as Oudh) in northernIndia during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Nawabs of Awadh belonged to anIranian dynasty^[1][2][3] ofSayyid origin^[4][5] fromNishapur,Iran. In 1724, NawabSa'adat Khan established theKingdom of Awadh with their capital inFaizabad andLucknow.

The Nawabs of Awadh were semi-autonomous rulers within the fragmented polities ofMughal India after the death ofAurangzeb in 1707. They fought wars with thePeshwa, theBattle of Bhopal (1737) against theMaratha Confederacy (which was opposed to theMughal Empire), and theBattle of Karnal (1739) as courtiers of the Moghul.^[6]

The Nawabs of Awadh, along with many otherNawabs, were regarded as members of the nobility of the Mughal Empire. They joinedAhmad Shah Durrani during theThird Battle of Panipat (1761) and restoredShah Alam II (r. 1760–1788 and 1788–1806) to the imperial throne. The Nawab of Awadh also fought theBattle of Buxar (1764) preserving the interests of the Moghul.Oudh State eventually declared itself independent from the rule of the Moghul in 1818.^[7]

All of these rulers of the Royal House of Awadh used the title ofNawab from 1722 onward:

Portrait	Titular Name	Personal Name	Birth	Reign	Death
	Burhan ul Mulk Sa'adat Khan برہان الملک سعادت خان	Saadat Ali Khan I سعادت علی خان	1680Nishapur,Khurasan,Safavid dynasty,Persia	1722 – 19 March 1739	1739
	Abul-Mansur Khan Safdar Jung ابو المنصور خان صفدرجنگ	Muhammad Muqim محمد مقیم	1708	1739 – 5 October 1754	1754
	Shuja-ud-Daula شجاع الدولہ	Jalal-ud-din Haider Abul-Mansur Khan جلال الدین حیدر ابا المنصور خان	1732	1754 – 26 January 1775	1775
	Asaf-ud-Daula آصف الدولہ	Muhammad Yahya Mirza Amani	1748	26 January 1775 – 20 April 1797	1798
	Asif Jah Mirza آصف جاہ میرزا	Wazir Ali Khan وزیر علی خان	1780	21 September 1797 – 21 January 1798	1817
	Yamin-ud-Daula یمین الدولہ	Saadat Ali Khan II سعادت علی خان دوم	1752	21 January 1798 – 11 July 1814	1814
	Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar Shah غازی الدین حیدر شاہ	Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar Shah غازی الدین حیدر شاہ	1769	11 July 1814 – 19 October 1827	1827
	Abul- Mansur Qutub-ud-din Sulaiman jah ابا المنصور قطب الدین سلیمان جاہ	Nasir-ud-Din Haidar Shah ناصر الدیں حیدر شاہ	1803	19 October 1827 – 7 July 1837	1837
	Abul Fateh Moin-ud-din ابا الفاتح معین الدین	Muhammad Ali Shah محمّد علی شاہ	1777	7 July 1837 – 7 May 1842	1842
	Najm-ud-Daula Abul-Muzaffar Musleh-ud-din نجم الدولہ ابا المظفر مصلح الدین	Amjad Ali Shah امجد علی شاہ	1801	7 May 1842 – 13 February 1847	1847
	Abul-Mansur Mirza ابا المنصور میرزا	Wajid Ali Shah واجد علی شاہ	1822	13 February 1847 – 11 February 1856	1 September 1887
	Mohammadi Khanum محمدی خانم	Begum Hazrat Mahal بیگم حضرت محل	1820	11 February 1856 – 5 July 1857 Wife of Wajid Ali Shah and mother of Birjis Qadra (in rebellion)	7 April 1879
	Ramzan Ali رمضان علی	Birjis Qadr بر جیس قدر	1845	5 July 1857 – 3 March 1858 (in rebellion)	14 August 1893

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  Saadat Ali Khan I, the first Nawab of Awadh, who laid the foundation of that state.
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  Safdarjung is accused of making peace with theMaratha Confederacy.
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  Shuja-ud-Daula fought theMaratha Confederacy during theThird Battle of Panipat on behalf of theGreat Moghul, he's also known to have fought during theBattle of Buxar.
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  Shuja ud-Daula and his ten sons
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  Shuja-ud-Daulah on a hunt
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  Shuja's army in Oudh
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  Oudh Cavalry
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  Mumtaz-ud-Daulah of the Budh Royal Family attributed to Felice Beato
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  Moksim-ud-Daulah
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  Gates of the Palace at Lucknow byW. Daniell, 1801.
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  Gate of the Lal-Bagh fort atFaizabad in 1801.

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• Ashirbadi Lal Srivastava (1899–1973):The First Two Nawabs of Awadh. A critical study based on original sources. With a foreword by Sir Jadunath Sarkar. Lucknow : The Upper India Publishing House 1933. xi, 301 S. Originally Phil. Diss. Lucknow 1932. 2. rev. and corr. ed. Agra : Shiv Lal Agarwal 1954. AboutBurhan ul Mulk Sa'adat Khan (1680–1739) andSafdar Jang (1708–1754), Nawabs of Awadh
• Ashirbadi Lal Srivastava (1899–1973):Shuja-ud-Daulah. Vol. I (1754–1765). Calcutta : Sarkar Midland Press 1939 A thesis approved for the degree of doctor of letters by the Agra University in 1938. 2., rev. and corr. ed. Agra : Shiva Lal Agarwala 1961. Vol. II (1765–1775) Lahore : Minerva 1945. 2. ed. Agra : Agarwal 1974. AboutShuja-ud-Daula (1732–1775), Nawab of Awadh

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