Nawab Muhammad Said Khan Bahadur (19 May 1786 – 1 April 1855) was

Nawab of Rampur Rampur State was a 15 gun-salute princely state of British India. It came into existence on 7 October 1774 as a result of a treaty with Oudh. Following independence in 1947, Rampur State and other princely states of the area, such as Bena ...

from 1840 to 1855, succeeding his cousin

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. The son of

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, Muhammad Said spent his early years in the service of the

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, eventually rising to the rank of Deputy Collector for Dudain. Although his father had been a tyrant during his brief reign, Muhammad Said by contrast proved to be a benevolent and progressive ruler, building irrigation works and establishing courts of law and an advanced legal code. Muhammad Said died on 1 April 1855 in his 69th year and was buried at Rampur. He was succeeded by his eldest son,

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Reign

During his reign, Muhammad Said Khan further organised the Rampur Library. He appointed Allam Yusuf Ali Khan Mehvi into a famous Kutub Khana. He invited accomplished calligraphers, illuminators and binders from Kashmir and other parts of India.And prepared a seal with the following Persian inscription:

Hast in muhr bar kutub khana
Wali-i-Rampur Farzana
AH 1268 (1852 A.D)

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Nawabs of Rampur Nawabs of India Indian Sunni Muslims 1786 births 1855 deaths {{india-royal-stub