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Sa'adatullah Khan II (? – 4 July 1744) a.k.a. Muhammad Sayyid was
Nawab of Arcot The Carnatic Sultanate ( Persian: ; Tamil: ; Urdu: ) also known as Carnatic State or Arcot State was a kingdom in southern India between about 1690 and 1855, ruled by a Muslim nawab under the legal purview of the Nizam of Hyderabad, until thei ...
, who was a younger son (
heir apparent An heir apparent is a person who is first in the order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person. A person who is first in the current order of succession but could be displaced by the birth of a more e ...
) of
Safdar Ali Khan Safdar Ali Khan (died 2 October 1742)James Burgess, ''The Chronology of Modern India'', p. 182, Edinburgh, 1913 was the son of Dost Ali Khan. After the death of his father on the battlefield at Ambur in 1740, he escaped to Vellore. In the sam ...
. He was murdered when he was an infant.


Life

After the assassination of
Safdar Ali Khan Safdar Ali Khan (died 2 October 1742)James Burgess, ''The Chronology of Modern India'', p. 182, Edinburgh, 1913 was the son of Dost Ali Khan. After the death of his father on the battlefield at Ambur in 1740, he escaped to Vellore. In the sam ...
in 1742, Murtaza Ali Khan claimed for himself the Nawabship of the
Arcot Arcot (natively spelt as Ārkāḍu) is a town and urban area of Ranipet district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the southern banks of Palar River, the city straddles a trade route between Chennai and Bangalore or Salem, betwe ...
( Carnatic),
Chanda Sahib Chanda Sahib (died 12 June 1752) was a subject of the Carnatic Sultanate between 1749 and 1752. He was the son-in-law of the Nawab of Carnatic Dost Ali Khan, under whom he was a Dewan. An ally of the French, he was initially supported by ...
who was taken prisoner to Satara by
Maratha The Marathi people (; Marathi: , ''Marāṭhī lōk'') or Marathis (Marathi: मराठी, ''Marāṭhī'') are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are native to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-A ...
leader Raghoji Bhonsle had managed to obtain his freedom after rigorous negotiations, also supported the claims of Murtaza Ali. However, the
British East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company that was founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to Indian Ocean trade, trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (South A ...
at
Madras Chennai, also known as Madras ( its official name until 1996), is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian ce ...
firmly supported Muhammad Sayyid and proclaimed him as the
Nawab of Arcot The Carnatic Sultanate ( Persian: ; Tamil: ; Urdu: ) also known as Carnatic State or Arcot State was a kingdom in southern India between about 1690 and 1855, ruled by a Muslim nawab under the legal purview of the Nizam of Hyderabad, until thei ...
. At the same time, Nizam ul Mulk
Asaf Jah I Mir Qamar-ud-din Khan Siddiqi (11 August 16711 June 1748) also known as Chin Qilich Qamaruddin Khan, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah and Nizam I, was the first Nizam of Hyderabad. He began his career during the reign of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, w ...
came with a strong force and settled the claim in favor of Muhammad Sayyid. But as he was a minor, he placed
Anwaruddin Khan Anwaruddin Khan (1672 – 3 August 1749), also known as Muhammad Anwaruddin, was the first Nawab of Arcot of the second dynasty. He belonged to a family of Qannauji Sheikhs. He was a major figure during the first two Carnatic Wars. He was al ...
as Regent, 28 March 1743. During this period,
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, the Governor of
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obtained the Nawab's
firman A firman (; ), at the constitutional level, was a royal mandate or decree issued by a sovereign in an Islamic state. During various periods such firmans were collected and applied as traditional bodies of law. The English word ''firman'' co ...
in 1743 granting the villages of
Perambur Perambur is a neighbourhood located in the northern region of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Etymology In Tamil language, Tamil, ''pirambu (பிரம்பு)'' means bamboo, and ''oor (ஊர்)'' means city or place. Before British Raj, B ...
, Sadiankuppam, Ernavore, Pudubakkam and
Vepery Vepery is a neighbourhood in the north of Chennai, India. Abutting the transportation hub of Park Town, Chennai, Park Town, the neighbourhood covers a rectangular area north of the Poonamallee High Road. History Vepery is among those oldest nei ...
.


Expedition against the Maratha

Outraged by the
Maratha The Marathi people (; Marathi: , ''Marāṭhī lōk'') or Marathis (Marathi: मराठी, ''Marāṭhī'') are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are native to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-A ...
occupation of the territories of the
Nawab of the Carnatic The Carnatic Sultanate ( Persian: ; Tamil: ; Urdu: ) also known as Carnatic State or Arcot State was a kingdom in southern India between about 1690 and 1855, ruled by a Muslim nawab under the legal purview of the Nizam of Hyderabad, until thei ...
,
Asaf Jah I Mir Qamar-ud-din Khan Siddiqi (11 August 16711 June 1748) also known as Chin Qilich Qamaruddin Khan, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah and Nizam I, was the first Nizam of Hyderabad. He began his career during the reign of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, w ...
led an expedition to liberate the Carnatic he was joined by Sadatullah Khan II and
Anwaruddin Khan Anwaruddin Khan (1672 – 3 August 1749), also known as Muhammad Anwaruddin, was the first Nawab of Arcot of the second dynasty. He belonged to a family of Qannauji Sheikhs. He was a major figure during the first two Carnatic Wars. He was al ...
together they recaptured
Arcot Arcot (natively spelt as Ārkāḍu) is a town and urban area of Ranipet district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the southern banks of Palar River, the city straddles a trade route between Chennai and Bangalore or Salem, betwe ...
and initiated the Siege of Trichinopoly (1743), which lasted five months and forced the
Maratha The Marathi people (; Marathi: , ''Marāṭhī lōk'') or Marathis (Marathi: मराठी, ''Marāṭhī'') are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who are native to Maharashtra in western India. They natively speak Marathi, an Indo-A ...
s led by Murari Rao Ghorpade to evacuate the Carnatic.


Assassination

Still an infant, Sa'adatullah Khan II was murdered in July 1744 at
Arcot Arcot (natively spelt as Ārkāḍu) is a town and urban area of Ranipet district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the southern banks of Palar River, the city straddles a trade route between Chennai and Bangalore or Salem, betwe ...
by
Nawab Murtuza Ali Khan Nawab Murtuza Ali Khan was the administrator of Vellore in Carnatic region which he inherited from his elder brother. He was brother-in-law and cousin of Safdar Ali Khan the Nawab of the Carnatic from 1740-1742. Muruza Ali Khan refused to pay the ...
. With his death, the first dynasty of
Nawabs of Arcot The Carnatic Sultanate (Persian language, Persian: ; Tamil language, Tamil: ; Urdu: ) also known as Carnatic State or Arcot State was a kingdom in South India, southern India between about 1690 and 1855, ruled by a Muslim nawab under the legal ...
came to an end. In the ensuing power struggle, it was
Anwaruddin Khan Anwaruddin Khan (1672 – 3 August 1749), also known as Muhammad Anwaruddin, was the first Nawab of Arcot of the second dynasty. He belonged to a family of Qannauji Sheikhs. He was a major figure during the first two Carnatic Wars. He was al ...
who was confirmed as Nawab of Arcot (the first of the second dynasty) by Nizam of Hyderabad,
Asaf Jah I Mir Qamar-ud-din Khan Siddiqi (11 August 16711 June 1748) also known as Chin Qilich Qamaruddin Khan, Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah and Nizam I, was the first Nizam of Hyderabad. He began his career during the reign of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, w ...
.


Titles held


See also

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Nawabs of Arcot The Carnatic Sultanate (Persian language, Persian: ; Tamil language, Tamil: ; Urdu: ) also known as Carnatic State or Arcot State was a kingdom in South India, southern India between about 1690 and 1855, ruled by a Muslim nawab under the legal ...


References

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