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The Nawabs of Bengal in 1733, almost a decade before the Maratha invasions of Bengal [12] The Bengal Subah was the wealthiest subah of the Mughal Empire . [ 13 ] There were several posts under the Mughal administrative system of Bengal since Akbar 's conquest in the 1500s.
They ruled Bengal until the 12th century, before being succeeded by the Buddhist and Hindu Chandra dynasty, Sena dynasty and Deva dynasty. The rule of the Sena and Deva dynasty extended over various parts of Bengal, [2] [3] until the arrival of Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji as part of the Ghurid Invasion of Bengal. [4] [citation needed]
The nawabs were based in Murshidabad which was centrally located within Bengal. The nawabs continued to issue coins in the name of the Mughal Emperor. But for all practical purposes, the nawabs governed as independent monarchs. [citation needed] Under the early nawabs, Bengal became the financial backbone of the Mughal court, contributing more ...
From 1707 AD to 1880 AD, the Nawabs of Bengal were Shias. [ 12 ] [ 2 ] They built huge imambaras (Shia houses of worship), including the biggest of the Subcontinent built by Nawab Siraj-ud Daula, the Nizammat Imambara in the political capital Murshidabad .
By the 18th century, Mughal Bengal became a de-facto independent country under the nominal rule of the Nawabs of Bengal. The subedar was elevated to the status of a hereditary Nawab Nazim. The Nawabs maintained de facto control of Bengal while minting coins in the name of the emperor in Delhi.
Jagat Seth was a wealthy merchant, banker and money lender family from Murshidabad in Bengal [2] during the time of the Nawabs of Bengal. [3] [4]Though not at the same scale, but the influence exercised by this family in the finances of the Mughal Empire during the 17th and 18th century would be akin to that exercised by the Rothschild family in Europe.
This category is for Nawabs of Bengal who were rulars of Bengal Subah. For titular Nawabs, titles given by British India, see Category:Titular Nawabs of Bengal.
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]