Asaf ud daula biography of alberta

Mughal and British era nobleman, Wazir (Minister) of the Nawab of Awadh (–)

Not to be confused with Afzal ud Daulah(the 5th Nizam of Hyderabad).

Mirza Asaf-ud-Daula (23 September – 21 September ) was the Nawab wazir of Oudh ratified by Shah Alam II, from 26 January to 21 September ,^[1] and the son of Shuja-ud-Dowlah.

Portraits of important British and Indian politicians of the day, like Warren Hastings and Asaf-ud-Daula, as well as festive cockfights.

Portraits of important British and Indian politicians of the day, like Warren Hastings and Asaf-ud-Daula, as well as festive cockfights.

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Asaf-ud-daula, and was subsequently lost, although an engraving exists.

His mother and grandmother were the Begums of Oudh.^[2]

Reign

Asaf-ud-Dowlah became Nawab at the age of 26, on the death of his father, Shuja-ud-Daula, on 28 January ^[3] He assumed the throne with the aid of the British East India Company, outmanoeuvring his younger brother Saadat Ali who led a failed mutiny in the army.

British Colonel John Parker defeated the mutineers decisively, securing Asaf-ud-Daula's succession. His first Chief Minister, Mukhtar-ud-Daula, was assassinated in the revolt.^[4]

The other challenge to Asaf's rule was his mother Umat-ul-Zohra (better known as Bahu Begum), who had amassed c