Muhammad Ali Shah

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{{Infobox royalty

| name = Muhammad Ali Shah

| title = King of Oudh

| image = MuhammadAliShah.jpg

| caption =

| succession = King of Awadh

| reign = 7 July 1837 – 7 May 1842

| coronation = 8 July 1837, Farhat Bakhsh Palace, Lucknow

| full name = Abul Fateh Moinuddin Muhammad Ali Shah

| predecessor = Nasir-ud-Din Haidar Shah

| successor = Amjad Ali Shah

| spouse = Malika Afaq{{cite book | last=Hasan | first=A. | title=Palace Culture of Lucknow | publisher=B.R. Publishing Corporation | year=1983 | isbn=978-93-5050-037-8 | pages=156–157}}
Malika Jahan

| issue = Asghar Ali Shah
Amjad Ali Shah
Wajid Ali Shah
Mirza Jawad Khan {{Cite book|last=Sleeman|first=William|title=A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude|publisher=Richard Bentley|year=1858}}

| royal house = Nishapuri

| dynasty = Oudh

| religion = Shia Islam

| father = Saadat Ali Khan II

| mother =

| birth_date = 1774

| birth_place = Lucknow

| death_date = {{death date and age|1842|5|7|1774|mf=y}}

| death_place = Farhat Bakhsh Palace, Lucknow

| date of burial =

| place of burial = Husainabad (Chhota) Imambara, Lucknow

}}

Nasser-ud-daula Mu'in ad-Din Muhammad Ali Shah (1774{{Cite book|last=White|first=W|title=The Prince of Oude, or, The claim of the Nawaub Ekbal-ood-Dowlah Bahador to the throne of Oude|publisher=William Strange|year=1838|pages=82|asin=B0006F9CDK}} – May 7, 1842), was the third King of Oudh from 7 July 1837 to 7 May 1842.

Biography

Muhammad Ali Shah was son of Saadat Ali Khan II, brother of Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar Shah and uncle of Nasir-ud-Din Haidar Shah.[https://web.archive.org/web/20010901224326/http://www.indiancoins.8m.com/awadh/AwadhHist.html#MuhammadAliShah HISTORY OF AWADH (Oudh) a princely State of India by Hameed Akhtar Siddiqui] He attained the throne with British help following the demise of his nephew, as opposed to the ex-queen mother's (Badshah Begum) attempts to nominate another successor, Munna Jan (the son child of Nasir-ud-Din Haider, whom his father had disavowed). Padshah Begum and Munna Jan were afterwards imprisoned by the British in the fort of Chunar. {{Cite book|last=Sleeman|first=William|title=A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude|publisher=Richard Bentley|year=1858}}

Muhammad Ali Shah of Oudh built the Shrine of Hurr at Karbala.[http://smma59.wordpress.com/2007/02/15/1226/ Al Mashad al Husain-Karbala: Phases of Destruction & Restoration « Muslim Unity]

Death

He died on 7 May 1842 AD at the age of 68 year.[http://www.tasleemlucknow.com/nawabera.htm History Of Lucknow] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610090111/http://www.tasleemlucknow.com/nawabera.htm |date=10 June 2008 }}

Gallery

Image:Chotaimambara6.jpg|The crown of Muhammed Ali Shah Bahadur, kept in Chhota Imambara

File:Chhota imambara Lucknow.jpg|Chhota Imambara in Lucknow

References

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