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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  Mir    
First Name(s)  Jafar    
Birth Year  1691    
Death Year  1765    
Entry  Jafar Ali Khan : early brought up in the family of Aliverdi Khan, the usurper of the Government of Bengal : appointed C. in C. by Aliverdi for his successful expedition against the Mahratta raids in Bengal : after the death of Aliverdi, entered into conspiracy against Suraj-uddaula, the new Nawab : though present at the battle of Plassy in 1757, he held aloof from both sides : after the murder of Suraj -ud-daula by Miran, son of Jafar, the latter was made Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, in June, 1757 : in 1759 he intrigued with the Dutch to expel the English, and was deposed by the English in 1760, his son-in-law, Mir Kasim, being substituted as Nawab : in 1763 Mir Jafar was restored as Nawab, and Mir Kasim deposed : reigned quietly until he died in Jan. 1765 from an attack of leprosy : buried at Murshidabad.     
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