| Haji Hassan Khan | |
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| Religion | Islam |
Haji Hassan Khan was Nawab of Masulipatam. He was second son of Nawab Muhammad Taqi Khan Bahadur who in turn was Nawab of Masulipatam.
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 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[1] at Yanaon in the year 1731.
He became faujdar of the Northern Circars between 1758 and 1765. Finally he surrendered the government to the HEIC in return for a substantial pension and jagirs. He was greatest of all nawabs of masulipatam.
* He ascended throne sometime before 1731.
Death[]
He died at Masulipatam in 1771.
References[]
- ↑ Loge : trade zone where the French enjoyed legal and fiscal privileges
External links[]
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