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Muhammad Ali Khan Walahjah

Muhammad Ali Khan Walla Jah
Nawab of the Carnatic
Amir ul-Hind
Walla Jah
Umdat ul-Mulk
Asaf ud-Daula
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Muhammad Ali Khan Walla Jah
Reign 1749–1795
Predecessor Anwaruddin Khan
Successor Umdat ul-Umara
Full name
Muhammad 'Ali Anwar ud-din Khan
Born 7 July 1717
Delhi, Mughal India (now India)
Died 13 October 1795(1795-10-13) (aged 78)
Madras, India
Buried outside the gate of the Gunbad of Shah Chand Mastan, Trichinopoly
Issue
Muhammad Ishaq Khan
Umdat ul-Umara
Amir ul-Umara
(eighteen sons and twenty-one daughters)
Father Anwaruddin Khan
Religion Islam
Military career
Allegiance Alam of the Mughal Empire.svgMughal Empire
Service/branch Nawab of the Carnatic
Rank Subedar
Battles/wars Mughal-Maratha Wars, Carnatic Wars, Anglo-Mysore Wars

Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah, or Muhammad Ali Khan Walla Jah (7 July 1717 – 13 October 1795), was the Nawab of Arcot in India and an ally of the British East India Company. Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah was born to Anwaruddin Muhammed Khan, by his second wife, Fakhr un-nisa Begum Sahiba, was a niece of Sayyid Ali Khan Safavi ul-Mosawi of Persia, sometime Naib suba of Trichonopoly, on 7 July 1717 at Delhi. Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah the Nawab of Arcot often referred to himself as the Subedar of the Carnatic in his letters and correspondence with the then Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II.

His official name was Amir ul Hind, Walla Jah, 'Umdat ul-Mulk, Asaf ud-Daula, Nawab Muhammad 'Ali Anwar ud-din Khan Bahadur, Zafar Jang, Sipah-Salar, Sahib us-Saif wal-qalam Mudabbir-i-Umur-i-'Alam Farzand-i-'Aziz-az Jan, Biradarbi Jan-barabar [Nawab Jannat Aramgah], Subadar of the Carnatic.

It was said of Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah, that he could be courteous, immensely hospitable, always emulating English customs and manners, such as taking breakfast and tea, and sitting on chairs rather than cushions. He held two investitures, bestowing the KB upon Sir John Lindsay and Sir Hector Munro, in 1771 and 1779, respectively.

He granted the titles of Siraj ud-Daula, Anwar ud-din Khan Bahadur, and Dilawar Jang, together with the Subadarship of the Carnatic Payeen Ghaut and a mensab of 5,000 zat and 5,000 sowar, the Mahi Maratib, Naubat, etc. by Imperial firman on 5 April 1750.


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