Nasiruddin Haider
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Nasir-ud-din Haidar (b. c. 1803 – d. 7 July 1837)

was the second King of Oudh
Nawab of Awadh
The Nawab of Awadh is the title of rulers who governed the state of Awadh in India in the 18th and 19th century. The Nawabs of Awadh originated form Persia-Establishment:...

 from 19 October 1827 to 7 July 1837.

Life

He was the son of Ghaziuddin Haider
Ghazi-ud-Din Haider
Ghazi-ud-Din Haider was the last nawab wazir of Oudh from 11 July 1814 to 19 October 1818 and first King of Oudh from 19 October 1818 to 19 October 1827.-Life:...

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After the death of Ghazi-ud-din Haider his son Nasir-ud-din Haider ascende the throne on October 20, 1827 at the age of 25 years.

He was fond of woman & wine and had a strong belief in Astrology & Astronomy.

He sat up an observatory at Lucknow The Tarunwali Kothi which was bedecked with exceptionally good astronomical instruments.

He made additions of Darshan Vilas, a European style Kothi, to Claude Martin
Claude Martin
Major General Claude Martin was an officer in the French, and later the British, army in India. He rose to the position of Major General in the British East India Company...

's house - Farhat Buksh in 1832.

He reproduced a Karbala at lradatnagar for his place of burial.

Administration

By the time of Nasir-ud-din Haider the Oudh government had started deteriorating. The administration of the kingdom was left to the hands of Wazir Hakim Mahdi and later to Raushan-ud-Daula.

Succession

Nasir-ud-din Haider died without an offspring and Ghazi-ud- din Haider's queen 'Padshah Begum' put forward Munna Jan, as a claimant to the throne though both Ghazi-ud- din Haider and Nasir-ud-din Haider had refused to acknowledge him as belonging to the royal family. The begum forcibly enthroned Munna Jan at Lalbaradari. The British intervened and exploited the situation to their interest. They arrested both the begum and Munna Jan and arranged for the accession of late Nawab Saadat Ali Khan's son, Nasir-ud-daula, under title of 'Muhammad Ali Shah', who promised to pay a large sum of money to the British for this.

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