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Persian adventurer Saadat Khan, also called Burhan-ul-Mulk, was appointed the Nazim of Awadh in 1722 and he established his court in Faizabad [11] near Lucknow. The Nawabs of Lucknow were in fact the Nawabs of Awadh, but were so referred to because after the reign of the third Nawab, Lucknow became the capital of their realm, where the British ...
The Nawab of Awadh or Nawab of Oudh / ˈ aʊ d / was the title of the rulers of Kingdom of Awadh (anglicised as Oudh) in northern India during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Nawabs of Awadh belonged to an Iranian dynasty [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] of Sayyid origin [ 4 ] [ 5 ] from Nishapur , Iran .
Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Prani Udyan, earlier known as Prince of Wales Zoological Gardens or popularly known as Lucknow Zoological Garden (Urdu: Lakhnaū Chiṛiyāghara), and Banaarsi Baag, is a 71.6-acre (29.0 ha) zoo located in the heart of the capital city of Uttar Pradesh named after Wajid Ali Shah - the last Nawab of Awadh.
The Nawabs were an integral part of the city's architecture as they were the few with the means to construct the monuments that still hold today. [1] These were the Iranian group of Mughal nobility and therefore held a close connection to Persian ideologies which influenced a lot of their stylistic features, for example, the animal motifs like the fish emblem. [2]
Nawab of Jhelum Nawab Raja Iqbal Mehdi Khan ... Pages in category "Nawabs of Pakistan" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
Nawab Saadat Ali Khan II. Nawab Nasiruddin Haider. The Kingdom of Awadh (/ ˈ aʊ d /, [1] also Oudh State, Kingdom of Oudh, Awadh Subah, Oudh Subah or Awadh State) was a Mughal subah, then an independent kingdom, and lastly a princely state in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the British in 1856.
Nawab [a] [b] is a royal title indicating a ruler, often of a South Asian state, in many ways comparable to the Western title of Prince. The relationship of a Nawab to the Emperor of India has been compared to that of the Kings of Saxony to the German Emperor. [1]
There are multiple replicas of every holy Shia shrine which reflects the efforts of the Nawabs of Awadh (Oudh) to promote Azadari in the Indian sub-continent. Lucknow holds the privilege of holding the Shabi-e-Rauza (Replicas of the original Shrines or Tombs) of all the Members of Muhammad's family, collectively known as Ahlebait.