Wazir Ali Khan

Wazir Ali Khan ( Urdu: وزیر علی خان, Hindi: वज़ीर अली खान, Vazir Alī Khān; * 1781 in Lucknow, † May 1817 in Fort William of Kolkata ), was a 17 -year-old briefly succeeded his adoptive father on the throne of Avadh.

Journey

Wazir Ali Khan was the Nawab of Avadh wasteful, Asaf ad - Dowla Amani, who despite his harem of 500 women had no legitimate descendants, adopted. Ali's mother, bought by RNU pregnant, was the daughter of a servant. Ali, a penchant for cruelty is said from the beginning was favorite of his " father " and received a proper education of a prince. The marriage of the 13 -year-olds in 1795 in Lucknow costing 300,000 pounds.

As RNU died in 1797, Ali followed him on 21 January 1798 the throne ( musnud ) to that accomplished by Mohammedan law adoption was recognized by the British. Soon after it accused the colonial masters of ingratitude. Governor-General Sir John Shore (1751-1834) moved with 12 battalions and replaced him with Saadat Ali Khan II, his uncle. The exiled to Benares Wazir Ali Khan, who ruled from 21 September 1797 to January 21, 1798, received a pension of Rs 200,000.

Since he was unruly at his place of exile, he was further away - first in Kolkata - are exiled. The British Resident Mr. Cherry wanted to announce this measure at a luncheon on January 14, 1799. The Remote appeared with an armed escort. When it came to battle, he gave the British a blow with his sword, his bodyguard rushed into the room and chopped Cherry and two other Europeans into pieces. Then the house was attacked by Mr. Davis, however, defended himself and his family on the stairs.

The British quickly organized a force under General Erskine, who in a few days drove the insurgents and their supporters from Benares.

In the district Betoul Wazir Ali Khan collected several thousand supporters around. After these had been hit by a British attack, he then fled to the residence of the Raja of Jaipur. This gave him in demand by Arthur Wellesley to the British out, but on the condition that his life was spared and he would not put in chains. Ali was taken to Fort William in Kolkata. There you locked him in an iron cage, where he died at the age of 36 years for something over 17 years. He was buried in the Muslim cemetery of Casia Baguan.

Literature and sources

  • Baillie, Laureen (ed.): Indian Biographical Archive; Munich, ISBN 3-598-34104-0, Fiche 492
  • Davis, John Francis (1795-1890); Vizier Ali Khan; or, The massacre of Benares: a chapter in British Indian history .. ( 1871) (orig. 1844)
  • Higginbotham, J. J.; Men Whom India Has Known; ² 1874
  • Ray, Aniruddha; Revolt of Vizir Ali of Oudh at Benares in 1799; In: Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 49th Session, Karnatak University, Dharwad, 1988: S 331-338
  • British India
  • Indian rulers
  • Rulers ( 18th century )
  • Indian
  • Born in 1781
  • Died in 1817
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