Haji Hassan Khan













Haji Hassan Khan
ReligionIslam
Military career
AllegianceMughal Empire
Service/branchNawab of Masulipatam
Rank
Mansabdar, Faujdar, Subedar, Nawab
Battles/warsCarnatic Wars

Haji Hassan Khan was Nawab of Masulipatam. He was second son of Nawab Muhammad Taqi Khan Bahadur who in turn was Nawab of Masulipatam.




Contents





  • 1 Official name


  • 2 Life


  • 3 Death


  • 4 Titles held


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links




Official name


His official name was Nizam ud-Daula, Nawab Hasan Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Masulipatam.



Life


He entered the Nizam's service and appointed to a large mansab. A firman from him authorized the French Representative Fouquet, then chief of the Company at Machilipatnam to set up a loge[1] at Yanaon in the year 1731.


He became faujdar of the Northern Circars between 1758 and 1765. Finally he surrendered the government to the HEIC in return for a substantial pension and jagirs. He was greatest of all nawabs of masulipatam.



Death


He died at Masulipatam in 1771.



Titles held









Haji Hassan Khan

Najm-i-Sani Dynasty

Preceded by
Nawab Muhammad Taqi Khan Bahadur

Nawab of Masulipatam
1731*–1771
Succeeded by
Subhan Bakhsh
Preceded by
French East Indian Company

Faujdar of Northern Circars
1758–1765
Succeeded by
British East India Company

* He ascended throne sometime before 1731.



See also


  • Nawab of Carnatic

  • Nawab of Banganapalle


References




  1. ^ Loge : trade zone where the French enjoyed legal and fiscal privileges




External links


  • Information about Nawabs of Masulipatam and Banganapalle






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