Intizam-ud-Daulah

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Intizam-ud-Daulah (died 29 November 1759) was a Grand Vizier during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur. [1]

He was the eldest son of Qamar-ud-Din Khan and older brother of Moin-ul-Mulk. [2] He was a pupil of Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan, one of the four pillars of Urdu poetry, and wrote verses in Persian and Urdu, and had perfect skill in this art. [3] During the wazirate of Safdar Jung he led the Turani opposition and played a significant role in his dismissal. [4] He was subsequently appointed to replace Safdar Jung as Grand Vizier in 1753. He resigned in 1754 following pressure from his nephew Imad-ul-Mulk and Malhar Rao Holkar. [5]

In 1759 he was murdered together with Alamgir II, at the instigation of Imad-ul-Mulk, and his body was thrown in a river. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Dodwell, Henry Herbert (1928). The Cambridge History of India, Volume 5. CUP Archive.
  2. ↑ Dodwell, Henry Herbert (1928). The Cambridge History of India, Volume 5. CUP Archive.
  3. ↑ Muhammad Umar (1998). Muslim Society in Northern India During the Eighteenth Century. the University of Michigan. p. 462. ISBN   978-81-215-0830-8.
  4. ↑ Gupta, Hari Ram (1979). History of the Sikhs: Sikh domination of the Mughal Empire, 1764-1803. University of Virginia.
  5. ↑ Dodwell, Henry Herbert (1928). The Cambridge History of India, Volume 5. CUP Archive.
  6. ↑ Mīr Taqī Mīr (1999). Zikr-i Mir: The Autobiography of the Eighteenth Century Mughal Poet, Mir Muhammad Taqi ʻMir', 1723-1810. Oxford University Press. ISBN   019564588X.


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