Sādāt ʿAlī Khan

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Sādāt ʿAlī Khan

nawab of Oudh

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Faizabad
…was founded in 1730 by Sādāt ʿAlī Khan, the first nawab of Oudh (now Ayodhya), who made it his capital but spent little time there. The third nawab, Shujāʿ-al-Dawlah, resided there and built a fort over the river in 1764; the mausoleums for him and his wife are located in…
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…was founded in 1730 by Sādāt ʿAlī Khan, the first nawab of Oudh (now Ayodhya), who made it his capital but spent little time there. The third nawab, Shujāʿ-al-Dawlah, resided there and built a fort over the river in 1764; the mausoleums for him and his wife are located in…
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