Murshid Quli Khan

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Murshid Quli Khan was the first Nawab of Bengal under the Mughal Empire, known for his administrative reforms, revenue reorganization, and for establishing Murshidabad as his capital.

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Murshid Quli Khan canonical 15

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mughal noble ⓘ
Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
allegiance Mughal Empire ⓘ
appointedBy Aurangzeb ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Bengal ⓘ
Deccan (as a former slave and official) ⓘ
Murshidabad ⓘ
birthName Surya Narayan Mishra ⓘ
burialPlace Khoshbagh ⓘ
capitalEstablishedAt Murshidabad ⓘ
capitalPreviouslyAt Dacca ⓘ
linked to: Dhaka
country Mughal Empire ⓘ
deathPlace Murshidabad ⓘ
era early 18th century ⓘ
late 17th century ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Telugu ⓘ
implemented rigorous auditing of revenue accounts ⓘ
implementedPolicy farming out revenue collection to powerful zamindars ⓘ
knownFor centralization of provincial administration ⓘ
encouraging commercial growth in Murshidabad ⓘ
strict revenue collection ⓘ
monarch Aurangzeb ⓘ
Bahadur Shah I ⓘ
Farrukhsiyar ⓘ
movedAdministrativeCapitalFrom Dacca ⓘ
linked to: Dhaka
movedAdministrativeCapitalTo Murshidabad ⓘ
notableFor administrative reforms in Bengal ⓘ
establishing Murshidabad as capital of Bengal ⓘ
laying foundations of semi‑independent Bengal Nawabate ⓘ
revenue reorganization in Bengal ⓘ
officeCreated hereditary Nawabship of Bengal ⓘ
positionHeld Diwan of Bengal ⓘ
Diwan of Bihar ⓘ
Diwan of Orissa ⓘ
Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
Subahdar of Bengal ⓘ
linked to: Nawab of Bengal
reduced power of local zamindars in Bengal ⓘ
region Bengal Subah ⓘ
Bihar Subah ⓘ
linked to: Bihar

Orissa Subah ⓘ
linked to: Orissa
religion Islam ⓘ
reorganized land revenue system of Bengal ⓘ
strengthened authority of provincial diwan over revenue ⓘ
successor Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan ⓘ
title Jafar Khan ⓘ
Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ

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Murshidabad → associatedWith → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
Murshidabad → namedAfter → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
Nawab of Bengal → hasTitleHolder → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
Nawab of Bengal → firstHolder → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
Bengal Subah → notableGovernor → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
Katra Masjid → builder → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
Katra Masjid → patron → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
Katra Masjid → namedAfter → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
Katra Masjid → associatedWith → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
Murshid Quli Khan family → notableMember → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan → predecessor → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
Murshid Quli Khan → title → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
Azim-ush-Shan → successorAsSubahdarOfBengal → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
Azim-ush-Shan → conflictWith → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ
Nawabi court of Bengal → hasNotableRuler → Murshid Quli Khan ⓘ