‘The British saw Mir Jafar and Sirajudaulah as ambitious,arogant and dangerous.’
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Syed Mir Jafar Ali Khan Bahadur (Bengali: সৈয়দ মীর জাফর আলী খান বাহাদুর, Persian: سید میر جعفر علی خان بہادر; c. 1691 – 5 February 1765) was a military general who became the first dependent Nawab of Bengal of the British East India Company. His reign has been considered to be the start of British imperialism in Indian history and a key step in the eventual British domination of vast areas of the Indian subcontinent.
Nawab of Bengal
Mir Jafar (left) and his eldest son, Mir Miran (right).
6th Nawab Nazim of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa1st reign2 July 1757 – 20 October 1760PredecessorSiraj ud-DaulahSuccessorMir Qasim2nd reign25 July 1763 – 5 February 1765PredecessorMir QasimSuccessorNajimuddin Ali Khan
Born1691Died5 February 1765 (aged 73–74)
BengalBurial
Jafarganj Cemetery, Murshidabad
SpouseShah Khanum Sahiba (m. 1727, d. August 1779)
Munni Begum (noble) (m. 1746, d. 10 January 1813)
Rahat-un-nisa Begum (Mut'ah wife)
Babbu Begum (d. 1809)IssueSadiq Ali Khan Bahadur (Mir Miran)
Najimuddin Ali Khan
Najabut Ali Khan (Mir Phulwari)
Ashraf Ali Khan
Mubaraq Ali Khan
Hadi Ali Khan Bahadur
Fatima Begum Sahiba
Misri Begum
Roshan-un-nisa Begum Sahiba (Nishani Begum)
Husaini Begum and 2 more daughters.Full nameSyed Mir Muhammad Jafar Ali Khan BahadaurHouseNajafiFatherSayyid Ahmed Najafi (Mirza Mirak)ReligionShia Islam[1][2][3]
Mir Jafar served as the commander of Bengali forces under Siraj ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, but betrayed him during the Battle of Plassey and succeeded him after the British victory in 1757. Mir Jafar received military support from the British East India Company until 1760, but failed to satisfy various British demands. In 1758, Robert Clive discovered that Jafar had made a treaty with the Dutch at Chinsurah through his agent Khoja Wajid. Dutch ships of war were also seen in the River Hooghly. Circumstances led to the Battle of Chinsurah. British company official Henry Vansittart proposed that since Jafar was unable to cope with the difficulties, Mir Qasim, Jafar's son-in-law, should act as Deputy Subahdar. In October 1760, the company forced him to abdicate in favor of Qasim. However, Qasim's independent spirit and plans to force the East India company out of his dominion led to his overthrow, and Jafar was restored as the Nawab in 1763 with the support of the company. Mir Qasim however refused to accept this and went to war against the company. Jafar ruled until his death on 5 February 1765 and lies buried at the Jafarganj Cemetery in Murshidabad, West Bengal. Mir Jafar remains a controversial figure in Indian history and became a symbol of intimate betrayal or treachery among Bengalis.