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Overview
Ali Vardi Khan, known by the title Mahabat Jang, was governor of Bengal from 1740 to 1756 under the later Mughal emperors. 1
Career
The son of a Turkoman named Mirza Ali, he began as governor of Bihar. After defeating the previous governor of Bengal, Sarfaraz Khan, he entered Murshidabad on 12 May 1740 as viceroy of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. Most of his time was spent in fruitless warfare against the Marathas, who in the end took Orissa from him. 1
Succession
He died on 9 April 1756 and was succeeded by his grandson Siraj al-Dawla, Mirza Mahmud, the last Mughal governor of Bengal. Clive's victory at Plassey on 23 June 1757 established British supremacy in that part of India. 1
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 422
- Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties: a Chronological and Genealogical Manual (1996)
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