Ashraf Ali Khan
Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
About Ashraf Ali Khan
Lived 1759 – 1793 (aged 33–34).
Sayyid Ashraf 'Ali Khan Bahadur (; before 1759 – 24 March 1770), was Nawab Nazim of Bengal and Bihar. He was the fourth son of Mir Jafar.
Life He was adopted by his aunt, Nafisat un-Nisa Begum Sahiba (Manjhli Begum). On 11 March 1770, he was proclaimed as Nawab Nazim of Bengal and Bihar on the death of his elder brother Najabat Ali Khan. He was formally installed on the Khahar Balish, at Murshidabad Fort, 21 March 1770.
But shortly he died of smallpox, at Murshidabad Fort, 24 March 1770.
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Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
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Ashraf Ali Khan was born in 1759.
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Ashraf Ali Khan died on 6 September 1793.
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