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4 unusual facts about Nawab of the Carnatic


Bangaru Thirumalai Nayak

Bangaru Tirumala approached Safdar Ali Khan, son of the Carnatic Nawab, with an offer of three million rupees to oust the queen in favour of him.

Carnatic Treaty

Based on the terms of the treaty, the Nawab of Arcot (sometimes called the Nawab of the Carnatic) ceded all his lands to British rule, including the territory of the polygars.

Muhammed Abdul Ali

Al-Hajj Nawab Ghulam Muhammad 'Abdu'l 'Ali Khan Bahadur (born 9 August 1951) is the current titular Prince of Arcot, holding this title since July 1993, upon demise of his father Ghulam Mohammed Abdul Khader.

Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet

Macpherson landed at Madras, where he obtained an introduction to Mohammed Ali, Nawab of the Carnatic.


Azim Jah

Azim Jah (died 1874) was the brother of Azam Jah, the eleventh Nawab of the Carnatic and uncle of Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan, the twelfth and last Nawab of the Carnatic.

Joseph Collett

Meanwhile, the British once again sought the Nawab of the Carnatic demanding that he hand over the village of Tiruvottiyur under his occupation to the British as per the Imperial firman issued by the Mughal Emperor Farrukh Siyar.

Siege of Arcot

The Siege of Arcot (23 September – 14 November 1751) took place at Arcot, India between forces of the British East India Company led by Robert Clive and forces of Nawab of the Carnatic, Chanda Sahib, assisted by a small number of troops from the French East India Company.


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Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan

Ghouse Khan was born to the Azam Jah, the eleventh Nawab of the Carnatic in about 1824.