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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  Oudh    
First Name(s)  Shuja-Ud-Daula    
Titles, Honours, etc.  Nawab Wazir of    
Birth Year  1731    
Death Year  1775    
Entry  Born 1731 : son of the Nawab-Wazir, Safdar Jang, whom he succeeded in 1753 : was present at the battle of Panipat, 1761, in which the Afghan invader, Ahmed Shah Abdali, and the Rohillas defeated the Mahrattas : was made Wazir to the Emperor Shah Alam : he was defeated at Baxar, Oct. 23, 1764, by the English under Major Hector Munro : fled to Delhi : was defeated again and surrendered to the English : Clive restored Oudh to him, 1765, and made him an ally. Warren Hastings made the treaty of Benares with him, 1773 : sending English troops, paid for by the Nawab, against the Rohillas, and ceding districts to the Nawab, on payment : he died at Faizabad, Jan. 29, 1775.     
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