Back نواب أوده Arabic Aud nəvvabı Azerbaijani আওধের নবাব Bengali/Bangla Nawab of Awadh English نواب اوده Persian अवध के नवाब Hindi アワド太守 Japanese Nawab van Avadh Dutch نواب اودھ PNB Наваб Ауда Russian
The Nawab of Awadh or the Nawab of Oudh (IPA: /ˈaʊd/) was the title of the rulers who governed the state of Oudh or Awadh in India during the 18th and 19th centuries. The Nawabs of Awadh belonged to a dynasty of Qara-Qoyunlu origin from Nishapur. Saadat Khan (1722–1739) became the first Nawab of Awadh in 1722.[1] He was a Mughal wazir and the founder of the state of Awadh.[2]
- ↑ "Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh". INDIAN COINS. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ↑ Indian History, ed. V.K. Agnihotri (New Delhi: Allied Publishers, 2010), p. xxxiii