HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Nasir-ud-Din Haidar Shah ( hi, नासिर उद दीन हैदर शाह , ur, ) (9 September 1803 – 7 July 1837) was the second
King of Oudh The Nawab of Awadh or the Nawab of Oudh was the title of the rulers who governed the state of Awadh (anglicised as Oudh) in north India during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Nawabs of Awadh belonged to a dynasty of Persian origin from Nishap ...
from 19 October 1827 to 7 July 1837.


Life

He was the son of
Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar Shah Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar Shah (c. 1769 – 19 October 1827) was the last nawab wazir of Oudh from 11 July 1814 to 19 October 1818, and first King of Oudh (Oudh State) from 19 October 1818 to 19 October 1827. Life He was the third son of Nawab Saada ...
. After the death of Ghazi-ud-din Haidar his son Nasir-ud-din Haider ascended the throne on 20 October 1827 at the age of 25 years.HISTORY OF AWADH (Oudh) a princely State of India by Hameed Akhtar Siddiqui
/ref> He was fond of women and wine and had believed in astrology and astronomy. He made additions of ''Darshan Vilas'' to
Claude Martin Major-General Claude Martin (5 January 1735 – 13 September 1800) was a French army officer who served in the French and later British East India companies in colonial India. Martin rose to the rank of major-general in the British East India C ...
's house – Farhat Buksh in 1832.


Death

He was poisoned by members of the court. As he had no offspring, there was a succession crisis. The queen mother, Padshah Begum, put Munna Jan on the throne, but he was not acknowledged as a member of the royal family. The British intervened, jailing both Padshah Begum and Munna Jan. They enthroned Nasir-ud-daula, son of the late Nawab Saadat Ali Khan.


References


Notes


External links


National Informatics Centre, Lucknow – Rulers of Awadh
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nasiruddinhaider Nawabs of Awadh Indian Shia Muslims Indian people of Iranian descent People from Lucknow 1837 deaths 1803 births 19th-century Indian monarchs