Bengal Nawab Mir Jafar

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Bengal Nawab Mir Jafar was an 18th-century ruler of Bengal best known for his role in the Battle of Plassey and his controversial alliance with the British East India Company, which marked a turning point in colonial rule in India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
alliedWith Robert Clive ⓘ
associatedWithLocation Bengal ⓘ
Murshidabad ⓘ
birthPlace Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
burialPlace Jafarganj Cemetery ⓘ
conflict Battle of Buxar ⓘ
Battle of Plassey ⓘ
controlledBy British East India Company ⓘ
countryRuled Bengal Subah ⓘ
dateOfBattleOfPlassey 23 June 1757 ⓘ
economicPolicyConsequence increased Company revenue extraction in Bengal ⓘ
endOfFirstReign 1760 ⓘ
endOfSecondReign 1765 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Arab ⓘ
fatherInLaw Alivardi Khan ⓘ
fullName Mir Muhammad Jafar Ali Khan ⓘ
givenName Mir Jafar ⓘ
historicalPeriod 18th century ⓘ
house Najafi dynasty ⓘ
impact facilitated British political control in Bengal ⓘ
marked beginning of British dominance in India ⓘ
installedBy British East India Company ⓘ
languageOfCourt Persian ⓘ
notableFor alliance with the British East India Company ⓘ
being considered a traitor in Indian historiography ⓘ
role in the Battle of Plassey ⓘ
overthrownBy Mir Qasim ⓘ
placeOfDeath Murshidabad ⓘ
portrayedAs symbol of treachery in South Asian popular culture ⓘ
positionHeld Nawab of Bengal ⓘ
predecessor Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ
reasonForInstallation support to British at Battle of Plassey ⓘ
region Mughal Bengal ⓘ
linked to: Bengal Subah
relatedTo Alivardi Khan ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
restoredBy British East India Company ⓘ
roleInBattleOfPlassey betrayed Siraj ud-Daulah ⓘ
withheld troops against British ⓘ
spouse Shah Khanum ⓘ
startOfReign 1757 ⓘ
startOfSecondReign 1763 ⓘ
successor Mir Qasim ⓘ
Najm-ud-Daulah ⓘ
supportedBy British East India Company ⓘ
title Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa ⓘ
linked to: Nawab of Bengal

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Shuja-ud-Daula → conflictWith → Bengal Nawab Mir Jafar ⓘ