Mir Qasim

Mir Qasim (Bengali: মীর কাশিম; died 8 May 1777) was the Nawab of Bengal from 1760 to 1763.

Mīr Qasim
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Nawab Nazim of Bengal and Orissa
20 October 1760 – 7 July 1763 (Declared deposed by the East India Company)[source?]
Mir Jafar
Mir Jafar
Full name
Mīr Muhqammad qasim Ali khan
Native nameমীর কাশিম
Died08 May 1777
Kotwal near Delhi
Noble familyNajafi
Nawab Fatima Begum Sahiba, daughter of Mir Jafar and Shah Khanum
Issue
  • Mirza Ghulam Uraiz Ja'afari
  • Mirza Muhammad Baqir ul-Husain
  • Nawab Muhammad Aziz Khan Bahadur
  • Nawab Badr ud-din Ali Khan Bahadur
FatherMir Razi Khan
AllegianceMughal Empire
Service/branchNawab of Bengal
RankSubedar, Nawab
Battles/warsBengal War
Battle of Buxar