Nawab Muhammad Said Khan Bahadur (19 May 1786 – 1 April 1855) was
Nawab of Rampur from 1840 to 1855, succeeding his cousin
Ahmad Ali Khan Bahadur. The son of
Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bahadur
Al-Haj Nawab Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bahadur (11 July 1763 – 1828) was briefly Nawab of Rampur from 1793 to 1794. The younger son of Faizullah Khan, Ghulam Muhammad became Nawab in 1793 after deposing his elder brother, Muhammad Ali Khan Bahadur. ...
, Muhammad Said spent his early years in the service of the
East India Company, 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,
Yusef Ali Khan Bahadur
Nawab Muhammad Yusef Ali Khan Bahadur, KSI, (5 March 1816 – 21 April 1865) was a Nawab of the princely state of Rampur from 1855 to 1865. During the First War of Independence, he rendered many useful services to the Government of India by ke ...
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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)
Cultural Depictions
References
Nawabs of Rampur
Nawabs of India
Indian Sunni Muslims
1786 births
1855 deaths
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