Ashraf Ali Khan Explained

Ashraf Ali Khan
Succession:Nawab Nazim of Bengal and Bihar
Reign:10 March 1770 – 24 March 1770
Coronation:21 March 1770
Full Name:Sayyid Ashraf 'Ali Khan
Birth Date:c. 1759
Birth Place:Murshidabad, Bengal, British India
Death Date:24 March 1770
Death Place:Namak Haram Deorhi, Bengal, British India
Burial Place:Jafarganj, West Bengal, India
Predecessor:Najabat Ali Khan
Successor:Mubarak Ali Khan
Queen:Sakina Begum
Issue:Sharif ud-din 'Ali Khan
(one son and three daughters)
Dynasty:Najafi
Father:Mir Jafar
Mother:Rahat un-Nisa Begum
Religion:Shia Islam

Sayyid Ashraf 'Ali Khan Bahadur (Bengali: আশরাফ আলী খান; before 1759 – 24 March 1770), was Nawab Nazim of Bengal and Bihar. He was the fourth son of Mir Jafar.

Life

He was adopted by his aunt, Nafisat un-Nisa Begum Sahiba (Manjhli Begum). On 11 March 1770, he was proclaimed as Nawab Nazim of Bengal and Bihar on the death of his elder brother Najabat Ali Khan. He was formally installed on the Khahar Balish, at Murshidabad Fort, 21 March 1770.

But shortly he died of smallpox, at Murshidabad Fort, 24 March 1770.

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