Najabat Ali Khan Bahadur
Suja-ud-Daulah
Shahmat Jang
Nawab Nazim of Najabat Ali Khan of Bengal, Bihat and Orissa, better known as Saif-ud-Daulah
Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Orissa, Bihar
Reign 22 May 1766- 10 March 1770
Coronation May 22, 1766 just after the death of his brother Nawab Nazim-ud-Daulah who preceded him.
Predecessor Nazim-ud-Din ali Khan
Successor Ashraf Ali khan
Born 1749
Died 10 March 1770
Murshidabad
Full Name Mir Najabat Ali Khan
Dynasty Najafi
Father Mir Jafar
Mother Munni Begum
Religion Shia Islam
Sayyid Najabat Ali Khan Bahadur born Mir Phulwari better known as saif ud-Daulah succeeded his younger brother Nawab Nazim Najimuddin Ali Khan after his death in 1766 as the Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Orissa, and Bihar.
He was the third son of Mir Jafar by Munna Begum. He was only seveenteen when he was crowned as the Nawab. He reigned under the regency of his mother and died of samallpox on march 10, 1770 during the Great Bengal famine of 1770.
Early Life
After the death of Najimuddin Ali Khan his younger brother Najabat Ali Khan better Known as Saif-ud-Daulah succeeded him and was placed on the Masnad at the age of 17. The management developed upon his mother Munni Begum. On May 19, 1766 a treaty was concluded in which the East India Company was to pay him the reduced stipend of 41,86,131 and 9 Anas namely 17,78,854 and 1 ana for the Nawab's Later years.
Saif ud-Daulah was formally installed on the Khahar Balish at Murshidabad Fort on May 22 1766 which was confirmed by Mughal Emperor Shah Alam 2 on June 27, 1766. However real authority passed into the chamber of the Directors in London who considered that the Nawab and the Government's dignity still resided in the Nawab and his Ministers.
Death and Succession
In 1770 during Bengal famine of 1770 a great epidemic of small pox raged in Murshidabad and killing 63,000 of its inhabitants one of them being Nawab Nazim Saif ud-Daulah himself. He died on March 10, 1770. His mortal remains lie in the jafarganj Cemetery in Murshidabad.