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Dictionary of Indian Biography (Buckland)

Dictionary of Indian Biography A to C

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Date transcribed	2011-01-01
Transcribed by	Peter Bailey
Comment	Note that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

	Surname	Muhammad Ali Khan Walajah
	Titles	Nawab of The Carnatic
	Year of Birth	1717
	Year of Death	1795
	Entry	Second son of Anwar-ud-din Khan, Nawab of the Carnatic : present at the battle of Ambur, escaped to Trichinopoly : he was appointed Nawab by Nasir Ali, the Nizam of the Dekkan, in 1749 : was besieged at Trichinopoly by Chanda Sahib and the French, until relieved by the English : on his behalf Clive took Arcot, 1751, and he was successfully supported as Nawab by the English, both against Chanda Sahib, the candidate assisted by the French, and against the rebellious Poligars : recognized as Nawab by the Treaty of Paris of 1763, and acknowledged as independent of the Nizam by the Mogul Emperor in 1765 : entitled Walajah : he contracted large debts to the E. I. Company and the English adventurers who crowded his court and preyed upon him : he assigned districts for their payment : by Treaties of 1763, 1781, 1785, 1787, 1792, arrangements were made for their liquidation, by the English managing the Carnatic, etc. : he died Oct. 16, 1795 : his intrigues with Tippoo were discovered after the fall of Seringapatam in 1799, whereupon the English assumed the government of the Carnatic, making provision for the family of the Nawab.

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