Haji Hassan Khan

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Haji Hassan Khan
Died1771 (1772)
Military career
Allegiance Mughal Empire
Branch Nawab of Masulipatam
Rank Mansabdar, Faujdar, Subedar, Nawab
Conflicts Carnatic Wars

Haji Hassan Khan was a Nawab of Masulipatam. He was the second son of Nawab Muhammad Taqi Khan Bahadur, who was also a Nawab of Masulipatam.

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Official name

His official name was Nizam ud-Daula, Nawab Hasan Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Masulipatam.

Life

He entered the Nizam's service and was appointed to a large mansab. A firman from him authorized the French representative Fouquet, then chief of the company at Machilipatnam, to set up a loge [a] at Yanaon in 1731.

He became faujdar of the Northern Circars between 1758 and 1765. He surrendered the government to the East India Company in return for a substantial pension and jagirs.[ citation needed ]

Death

He died at Masulipatam in 1771.[ citation needed ]

Titles held

See also

Notes

  1. trade zone where the French enjoyed legal and fiscal privileges

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