Mahmudabad Estate

{{Short description|Indian royal estate}}

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|surname = Shaikh Siddiqui (Khanzada)
Raja & Taluqdar of Mahmudabad Awadh

|type = Noble house

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|country = Kingdom of Oudh, British India, India

|estates = Mahmudabad Estate

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|titles = Nawab, Raja, Khan Bahadur, Amirul Omara, Saeedul Mulk, Muzzafar Jung, Ghanzanfaru-daula, Sir

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|founded = {{Start date|df=yes|1360}}

|founder = Sheikh Nathu
Was rewarded large estates in Fatehpur by King of Delhi

|final ruler = Mohammad Amir Ahmad Khan

|current head = Mohammad Amir Mohammad Khan

|dissolution = {{End date|1952}}

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Mahmudabad Estate or Mahmoodabad Estate, governed from Mahmudabad, was one of the largest feudal estates in the erstwhile Kingdom of Oudh.{{cite book|last1=Lethbridge|first1=Roper|title=The golden book of India : a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated of the Indian empire|date=1893|publisher=Aakar Books|location=Delhi|isbn=9788187879541|page=331|edition=illustrated, reprint|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7iOsNUZ2MXgC&q=Mahmudabad|accessdate=20 August 2014}} The rulers are generally referred to as Raja of Mahmudabad or Raja of Mahmoodabad.

History

The Mahmudabad Estate was founded in 1677 by Raja Mahmud Khan.{{cite web|title=KOTHI, QILA MAHMUDABAD|url=http://www.wmf.org/project/kothi-qila-mahmudabad|accessdate=19 July 2013}}

The last ruler might also have an interaction with famous writer Saadat Hassan Manto as mentioned in famous book Dozakhnama-chapter 38 (writer Rabisankar Bal)

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