Haji Hassan Khan

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Haji Hassan Khan was Nawab of Masulipatam. He was second son of Nawab Muhammad Taqi Khan Bahadur who in turn was Nawab of Masulipatam.

Official name

His official name was Nizam ud-Daula, Nawab Hasan Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Masulipatam.

Life

He entered the Nizam's service and appointed to a large mansab. A firman from him authorized the French Representative Fouquet, then chief of the Company at Machilipatnam to set up a loge[1] at Yanaon in the year 1731.

He became faujdar of the Northern Circars between 1758 and 1765. Finally he surrendered the government to the HEIC in return for a substantial pension and jagirs. He was greatest of all nawabs of masulipatam.

Death

He died at Masulipatam in 1771.

Titles held

Haji Hassan Khan
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Nawab of Masulipatam
1731*–1771 Template:S-ttl/check
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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Faujdar of Northern Circars
1758–1765 Template:S-ttl/check
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* He ascended throne sometime before 1731.

See also

References

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  1. Loge : trade zone where the French enjoyed legal and fiscal privileges

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