Sir Zahir-ud-Daula Bahadur

GCSI The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes: # Knight Grand Commander (GCSI) # Knight Commander ( KCSI) # Companion ( CSI) No appointments ...

(died 16 June 1879) was the titular

Nawab of Arcot The Carnatic Sultanate was a kingdom in South India between about 1690 and 1855, and was under the legal purview of the Nizam of Hyderabad, until their demise. They initially had their capital at Arcot in the present-day Indian state of Tamil N ...

from 1874 to 1879.

Early life

Zahir-ud-Daula was the son of

Azim Jah Azim Jah (27 May 1802 – 14 January 1874) was the brother of Azam Jah, the eleventh Nawab of the Carnatic and uncle of Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan, the twelfth and last Nawab of the Carnatic. He held the title Nawab of Arcot from 1867 to 1874. ...

, the first Nawab of Arcot and cousin to

Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan (1824 – 7 October 1855) was the 12th and last Nawab of the Carnatic. He reigned from 1825 to 1855. He belonged to the Second Dynasty. Early life Ghouse Khan was born to the Azam Jah, the eleventh Nawab of t ...

, the twelfth and last

Nawab of the Carnatic The Carnatic Sultanate was a kingdom in South India between about 1690 and 1855, and was under the legal purview of the Nizam of Hyderabad, until their demise. They initially had their capital at Arcot in the present-day Indian state of Tamil N ...

Reign

Zahir-ud-Daula was recognized as the titular Nawab of Arcot or Amir-i-Arcot on the death of his father Azim Jah in 1874. In 1876, he moved the official residence to the Amir Mahal. He also participated in the

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of January 1877, during which the proclamation of

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as the

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was made. Zahir-ud-Daula was awarded the GCSI and the honour of a 15-gun salute.

Death

Zahir-ud-Daula died in 1879 and was buried with state honours.

References

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