Murshid Quli Khan family

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The Murshid Quli Khan family was a prominent noble lineage in eastern India that produced influential governors and rulers, notably in Bengal, under the Najafi dynasty and related regional powers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aristocratic lineage ⓘ
noble family ⓘ
political dynasty ⓘ
associatedDynasty Najafi dynasty ⓘ
country India ⓘ
governedUnder Mughal Empire ⓘ
historicalContext decline of Mughal central authority ⓘ
rise of regional powers in early modern India ⓘ
knownFor land revenue administration in Bengal ⓘ
patronage of Persianate court culture ⓘ
regional autonomy under nominal Mughal suzerainty ⓘ
languageOfEliteCulture Persian ⓘ
notableMember Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
Sarfaraz Khan ⓘ
Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan ⓘ
politicalCenter Bengal Subah ⓘ
Murshidabad ⓘ
politicalRole Nawabs of Bengal ⓘ
linked to: Nawab of Bengal

governors of Bengal ⓘ
politicalStatus hereditary ruling house in Bengal ⓘ
region Bengal ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ
relatedTo Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
titleHeld Nawab Nazim of Bengal ⓘ
linked to: Nawab of Bengal

Subahdar of Bengal ⓘ
linked to: Nawab of Bengal

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Najafi dynasty → associatedWith → Murshid Quli Khan family ⓘ