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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Mani    
First Name(s)  Begam    
Birth Year  ?    
Death Year  1802    
Entry  Wife of Mir Jafar, Nawab Nazim of Bengal : born at Balkunda near Sikandra : a dancing girl at Delhi, went to Murshidabad and there met Mir Jafar: became mother of Nawab Nazim Najm-ud-daula and his brother Saif-ud-daula : after their deaths her stepson Mubarak-ud-daula became Nawab Nazim, and she was appointed in 1772 by Warren Hastings and his Council as his Guardian : it was alleged by Nuncomar in 1775 that Hastings had been bribed to make this appointment : the charge, based on a letter which the Begam admitted to be forged, was not proved. She was removed from her Guardianship by the Council, and allowed a lakh of rupees as pension : died in 1802, and was buried at the Jafarganj cemetery at Murshidabad.     
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