Nawab of Dhaka

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The Nawab of Dhaka was the hereditary aristocratic title of the leading Muslim noble family of Dhaka, historically influential in the politics and society of Bengal under British rule.

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Label Occurrences
Nawab of Dhaka canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aristocratic title ⓘ
hereditary title ⓘ
noble title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Bengal ⓘ
Bengal Presidency ⓘ
Dhaka ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
endTime 1947 ⓘ
1952 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bengali Muslims ⓘ
hasCapital Dhaka ⓘ
hasHereditaryTitle Nawab ⓘ
hasNotableMember Khwaja Abdul Ghani ⓘ
Khwaja Ahsanullah ⓘ
Khwaja Nazimuddin ⓘ
Khwaja Salimullah ⓘ
hasTitleHolder Khwaja Abdul Ghani ⓘ
Khwaja Ahsanullah ⓘ
Khwaja Alimullah ⓘ
Khwaja Habibullah ⓘ
Khwaja Hassan Askari ⓘ
Khwaja Khairat Ali ⓘ
Khwaja Salimullah ⓘ
inception 1843 ⓘ
influenced Muslim politics in Bengal ⓘ
urban development of Dhaka ⓘ
languageUsed Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Bangladesh ⓘ
Bengal Presidency ⓘ
East Bengal ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Bengal

East Pakistan ⓘ
location Dhaka ⓘ
nobleFamily Dhaka Nawab family ⓘ
notableFor patronage of education ⓘ
philanthropy ⓘ
role in creation of Eastern Bengal and Assam province ⓘ
support for All-India Muslim League ⓘ
owned large zamindari estates ⓘ
participantIn All-India Muslim League ⓘ
Dhaka municipal governance ⓘ
partition politics of India ⓘ
politics of Bengal ⓘ
recognizedBy British Raj ⓘ
linked to: British India

Government of British India ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
seat Ahsan Manzil ⓘ
significantBuilding Ahsan Manzil ⓘ
Nawab Bari ⓘ
socialClass landed aristocracy ⓘ
zamindar ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nawab Salimullah Khan → positionHeld → Nawab of Dhaka ⓘ
Dhaka Nawab family → titleHeld → Nawab of Dhaka ⓘ
Salimullah → title → Nawab of Dhaka ⓘ