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Haji Hassan Khan
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| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Mughal Empire |
| Service/ | Nawab of Masulipatam |
| Rank | Mansabdar, Faujdar, Subedar, Nawab |
| Battles/wars | Carnatic Wars |
Haji Hassan Khan was Nawab of Masulipatam. He was second son of Nawab Muhammad Taqi Khan Bahadur who in turn was Nawab of Masulipatam.
His official name was Nizam ud-Daula, Nawab Hasan Ali Khan Bahadur, Nawab of Masulipatam.
He entered the Nizam's service and appointed to a large mansab. A firman from him authorized the French Representative Fouquet, then chief of the Company at Machilipatnam to set up a loge[1]atYanaon in the year 1731.
He became faujdar of the Northern Circars between 1758 and 1765. Finally he surrendered the government to the HEIC in return for a substantial pension and jagirs. He was greatest of all nawabs of masulipatam.
He died at Masulipatam in 1771.
Haji Hassan Khan | ||
| Preceded by | Nawab of Masulipatam 1731*–1771 |
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| Preceded by | FaujdarofNorthern Circars 1758–1765 |
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* He ascended throne sometime before 1731.
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