Nawab Syed Ghulam Muhammad Ali Khan I Bahadur Mansur-Ud-Daullah (died 1825) was twice

Nawab of Banganapalle Banganapalle State was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. The state was founded in 1665 and had its capital in Banganapalle. Its rulers were Shia Muslims and the last one signed the accession to the Indian ...

in India. The first time was between 1783 and 1784, as '' Jagirdar''. His second reign was from 1789 to 1820. His time saw many significant changes in the history of

Banganapalle Banaganapalli is a town in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It lies in Nandyal district, 38 km west of the city of Nandyal. Banaganapalli is famous for its mangoes and has a cultivar, ''Banaganapalli'', named after it. Between 1790 and ...

, most significant being the recovery through marriage of the Jagir of Chenchelimala.

Biography

He was eldest son of Sayyid Husain Ali Khan Bahadur. He succeeded on the death of his father as Jagirdar of Banganapalle, 26 August 1783. He reigned under the guardianship of his paternal uncle between 1783 and 1784. Fled with him to

Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

when

Hyder Ali Hyder Ali ( حیدر علی, ''Haidarālī''; 1720 – 7 December 1782) was the Sultan and ''de facto'' ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India. Born as Hyder Ali, he distinguished himself as a soldier, eventually drawing the att ...

invaded and overran

, 1784. Entered the Nizam's service and appointed to a mansab of high rank, losing the fingers of his right hand in battle against the

Marathas The Marathi people (Marathi: मराठी लोक) or Marathis are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are indigenous to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-Aryan language. Maharashtra was formed as a M ...

. Recovered the

jagir A jagir ( fa, , translit=Jāgir), also spelled as jageer, was a type of feudal land grant in the Indian subcontinent at the foundation of its Jagirdar (Zamindar) system. It developed during the Islamic rule era of the Indian subcontinent, start ...

after his uncle defeated Tipu's forces under Muhammad Yusuf and Kutb ud-din at Tammadapalle before 21 September 1789, but preferred to reside in

with his family. Later he was granted the jagir of Chenchelimala by his paternal uncle and father-in-law as marriage gift. Finally, he was abdicated in favour of his eldest son, before 8 September 1822. He married on 31 August 1791, Najib un-nisa Begum Sahiba, only daughter of Nawab Sayyid Asad Ali Khan Bahadur, Jagirdar of Chenchelimala. He died at

, 4 June 1825 and was buried at

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History of Andhra Pradesh 1825 deaths Nawabs of India Year of birth missing Mughal Empire {{India-royal-stub

Biography

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