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| alternate_names = Traitor's Gate, Jafarganj Deorhi and Jafarganj Palace
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'''Namak Haram Deorhi''' (also known as the ''Traitor's Gate'', ''Jafarganj Deorhi'' or ''Jufarganj Palace'') was the palace of [[Mir Jafar]].<ref name=residenceofmirjafar>{{cite web|url=http://west-bengal-tourism.com/west-bengal-historical-places/|title=Residence of Mir Jafar|accessdate=4 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405034754/http://west-bengal-tourism.com/west-bengal-historical-places/|archivedate=5 April 2012}}</ref> It is located just opposite to the [[Jafarganj Cemetery]] in the ''Lalbagh'' area of the town of [[Murshidabad]] and near Mahimapur in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]]. Namak Haram Deorhi refers to both the place of [[Mir Jafar]] and the main gate which leads to the palace. This building was used as the residence of [[Mir Jafar]],<ref name="residenceofmirjafar"/><ref name="Betts2013">{{cite book|author=Vanessa Betts|title=Footprint Focus - Kolkata and West Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aD_-AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA73|date=30 October 2013|publisher=Footprint Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-909268-41-8|pages=73–}}</ref> before he ascended the ''musnad'' of [[Bengal]] or when he was the Commander-in-Chief of the ''subha''.

==Etymology==
''Namak Haram'' is a [[Hindi language|Hindi]] phrase which means "one who is treacherous" or "one who cannot be trusted" while ''Deorhi'' is a word in Hindi which means "gate". So the total sums up to "the gate to him who cannot be trusted". It has been named so because Mir Jafar and Mir Miran asked Muhammad-i-Beg to kill Nawab [[Siraj ud-Daulah]] just for the reason so that [[Mir Jafar]] could become the next [[Nawab of Bengal]]. Furthermore, his betrayal of his master during the Battle of Plassey eventually led to the total annexation of [[East India]] by the East India Company. ''"Namak Haram Deorhi"'' is also known by its English transliterated name, the "Traitor's Gate".

==Geography==
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===Location===
Namak Haram Deorhi is located at {{coord|24.2025|N|88.2639|E|display=inline}}.

The [[House of Jagat Seth]], [[Jafarganj Cemetery]], [[Nashipur|Nashipur Rajbari]] , [[Kathgola Palace]] and [[Tomb of Azimunissa Begum]] are all located nearby. One can reach the temple town of Rani Bhavani at [[Baranagar, Murshidabad|Baranagar]], on the other side of the Bhagirathi, by country boat from Ajimganj.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://offbeatweekend.com/mushidabad/ | title = Offbeat Weekend in Murshidabad | work = Outskirts of Killa Nizamat (Northern part) | publisher = Offbeat Weekend | accessdate = 20 July 2021}}</ref>

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in Murshidabad city. Most of the places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. A few, without pages yet, remain unmarked. The map has a scale. It will help viewers to find out the distances.

===Features===
The palace was fortified with towers and turrets. It was also provided with a cannon to protect it from attacks. Now nothing of the palace remains except the ''Deorhi'' (gate) which led to the palace.

==Significance==
The last secret conference was held here, before the [[Battle of Plassey]], between [[William Watts]], [[Mir Jafar]] and his son Mir Miran. Watts was chief of the [[Kasimbazar]] (or Cossimbazar) factory of the [[East India Company]]. He lived in [[Bengal]], and he was proficient in [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] and [[Persian language|Persian]] languages. Miran received Watts in one of the palace's [[seraglio]]. A seraglio is a sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines of a [[Muslim]]. Watts placed the [[Quran]] on [[Mir Jafar]]'s head and Jafar's hand on the head of Miran. Then Mir Jafar swore with great solemnity that he would faithfully perform whatever he was told to do (i.e. to betray Nawab [[Siraj ud-Daulah]] in the Battle of Plassey, which was to be held the next day, so that the [[East India Company|British]] could win the battle and he would be dethroned from the throne of the [[Nawab of Bengal]]).

According to Seir Mutaqherin, Nawab [[Siraj ud-Daulah]] was murdered by Muhammad-Ali-Beg on the orders of Mir Miran in the campus of this ''Deorhi'',<ref name="residenceofmirjafar"/> beside the public road under a [[Neem tree]] on 2 July 1757 after he fled to save his life, after he was defeated in the Battle of Plassey.

But, according to historian [[Robert Orme]], he was seen to be murdered inside the ''Mansurganj Palace'', on the west banks of the [[Bhagirathi River]], opposite to this ''Deorhi''. There in the ''Mansurganj Palace'' Mir Miran used to reside.

After the murder Siraj's mangled body was taken over the river and kept at Jafarganj for the night. The next morning, his body was placed on an elephant and paraded through the streets of Murshidabad and also past [[Siraj ud-Daulah]]'s mother, Amina Begum's house. He was then taken across the river to [[Khushbagh]].

==Mir Jafar's Palace picture gallery==
<gallery widths="200px" heights="150px">
File:Namak Haram Deori at Murshidabad.jpg|Namak Haram Deorhi
File:Residence And Imambara Of Mir Jafar - Jafarganj Palace - Lalbagh - Murshidabad 2017-03-28 6249.JPG|Residence and Imambara
File:Jafarganj Palace Remains With Gateway - Lalbagh - Murshidabad 2017-03-28 6253.JPG|Jafarganj Palace remains with gateway
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Jafarganj Deorhi}}

{{Tourist attractions in Murshidabad}}

[[Category:Tourist attractions in Murshidabad]]
[[Category:Palaces in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Murshidabad district]]

Namak Haram Deorhi - Revision history

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