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Haji Hassan Khan
Military career
AllegianceMughal Empire
Service/branchNawab of Masulipatam
RankMansabdar, Faujdar, Subedar, Nawab
Battles/warsCarnatic Wars

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[edit | edit source]

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

Life[edit | edit source]

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.

Death[edit | edit source]

He died at Masulipatam in 1771.

Titles held[edit | edit source]

Haji Hassan Khan
Preceded by
Nawab Muhammad Taqi Khan Bahadur
Nawab of Masulipatam
1731*–1771
Succeeded by
Subhan Bakhsh
Preceded by
French East Indian Company
Faujdar of Northern Circars
1758–1765
Succeeded by
British East India Company

* He ascended throne sometime before 1731.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

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