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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Murshidabad    
First Name(s)  Mansur Ali Farudin Jah    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Nawab Nazim of    
Birth Year  1829    
Death Year  1884    
Entry  The last Nawab Nazim of Bengal : born Oct. 1829 : succeeded his father, Humayun Jah, Dec. 19, 1888 : educated in English by General Showers and in the Oriental languages by Moulvi Abul Kasim : he lost the honours and emoluments previously attached to the Murshidabad Nizamat : his salute of nineteen guns and his exemption from appearance in civil courts were taken away and his pension was greatly reduced : in Feb. 1869 he went to England to represent his grievances to the House of Commons, who rejected his appeal by a majority of 57 on July 4, 1871 : while he resided for some years in England, his affairs became greatly involved : a Commission was appointed to arrange with his creditors : on Nov. 1, 1880, he abdicated his position as Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, by executing an indenture with Her Majesty's Secretary of State for India : his eldest son, Hassan Ali Mirza (q.v.), the present Nawab Bahadur of Murshidabad, inherited all his property : after staying in England twelve years, the ex-Nawab Nazim, Mansur Ali, returned to India in 1881, and died of cholera, Nov. 4, 1884.     
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