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| name = Anwaruddin Khan<br />
| title = [[Nawab]]<br />
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| succession = [[Carnatic Sultanate|Nawab of the Carnatic]]<br />
| reign = 1744 – 3 August 1749<br />
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| full name = Muhammad Khan-i-Jahan Anwar rud-din Khan<br />
| birth_name = Anwaruddin<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth year|1672}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Gopamau]], [[Hardoi district]], [[Awadh]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1749|8|3|1672|||df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Ambur]], [[Carnatic region|Carnatic]]<br />
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| predecessor = [[Saadatullah Khan II]]<br />
| successor = [[Chanda Sahib]] <br>[[Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah]]<br />
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| issue = [[Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah]]<br />
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| module = {{Infobox military person<br />
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| allegiance = [[Carnatic Sultanate]]<br />
| branch = [[Nawab of Arcot]]<br />
| rank = [[Faujdar]], [[Subedar]], [[Ispahsalar]], [[Wali]]<br />
| battles = [[Carnatic Wars]]<br />
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[[File:Death of the Nabob of the Carnatic by Paul Philippoteaux.jpg|thumb|Death of the Nabob of the Carnatic in a battle against the French in 1749, by [[Paul Philippoteaux]] ]]<br />
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'''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 [[Shaikhs of Uttar Pradesh|Qannauji Sheikhs]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y-1FAQAAIAAJ&q=kanauji |title= Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Muzaffarnagar |page=42 |publisher= Government of Uttar Pradesh |date=1988 }}</ref> He was a major figure during the first two [[Carnatic Wars]].<br />
He was also [[Subedar]] of [[Thatta]] from 1721–1733. <br />
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==Life==<br />
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Nawab Anwaruddin Khan was born at [[Gopamau]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newabs |url=https://princeofarcot.org/nawabs.html#7th |access-date=18 July 2022 |website=Prince of Arcot}}</ref> a place in the [[Hardoi district]] of [[Awadh]], in 1672. He was the son of Haji Muhammad Anwar ud-din Khan.<br />
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His official name at the height of his power was ''Amin us-Sultanat, Siraj ud-Daula, Nawab Haji Muhammad Jan-i-Jahan Anwar ud-din Khan Bahadur, Shahamat Jang, Subadar of the Carnatic''.<br />
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He went to [[Delhi]] and enlisted in the imperial army and soon rose to a high position. He was the Yameen-us-Sultanat (right-hand man) of [[Asaf Jah I]] (a.k.a. Nizam-ul-Mulk, Mir Qmar-ud-din Khan Siddiqi), the first [[Nizam of Hyderabad]].<br />
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He was also the Governor of [[Eloore]] and [[Rajamundry]] after 1725, Minister of [[Hyderabad]], [[Faujdar]] of [[Korah]] and [[Jehanabad|Jahanabad]]. He was granted the titles of Anwar ud-din Khan Bahadur by Emperor [[Aurangzeb]] 'Alamgir, Shahamat Jang by Emperor [[Shah Alam I]], and Siraj ud-Daula by Emperor [[Muhammad Shah]]. He was sometimes Naib-wazir of the Empire, Faujdar of [[Srikakulam]], [[Rajamahendravaram]] and [[Machlipatnam]] in 1724 and Nazim of Hyderabad from 1725–1743.{{fact|date=July 2024}}<br />
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Muhammad Anwaruddin was appointed to Faujdar of Chicacole, Naib Subadar and [[regent]] of the Carnatic during the minority of [[Saadatullah Khan II]] on 28 March 1744. After the death of, Anwaruddin was appointed by the nizam as his representative and [[Nawab of the Carnatic]] in July 1744. Thus he became the founder of the Second Dynasty of the Nawab of the Carnatic. Anwaruddin maintaining a cordial relationship with the [[East India Company]] would come into conflict with the [[France|French]] after the death of Nizam-ul-Mulk in 1748.{{fact|date=July 2024}}<br />
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In 1746, the French and the English fought to achieve supremacy over each other in India in the [[First Carnatic War]]. The [[Carnatic region]] became the arena of their action.{{fact|date=July 2024}}<br />
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In 1746, the French [[Battle of Madras|captured]] the British post at [[Madras]], and threatened but were unable to take that at [[Cuddalore]]. Muhammad Anwaruddin had warned both parties against attacking each other, but the French had disregarded his warning, and [[Joseph François Dupleix]], the French governor-general, had placated him by offering him Madras.{{fact|date=July 2024}}<br />
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However, after its capture, Dupleix rescinded the offer, and Muhammad Anwarudding sought to capture it from them. He sent an army of 10,000 men under his son Mahfuz Khan. They fought against the 300-man French force in the [[Battle of Adyar]] on the banks of the [[Adyar River]], and lost.<ref>{{cite book|author=D.P. Ramachandran|title=Empire's First Soldiers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Q7EiZmcMPMC&pg=PA1|year=2008|publisher=Lancer Publishers|isbn=978-0-9796174-7-8|page=1}}</ref> The decisive French victory demonstrated the effectiveness of well-trained European forces in combating poorly trained Indian troops.{{fact|date=July 2024}}<br />
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Muhammad Anwaruddin received overtures for support from both from the English and the French, but supported the English. The French wanted to reduce the growing influence of the English in the Carnatic, so they supported Husayn Dost Khan, alias [[Chanda Sahib]], as the rightful Nawab of the Carnatic against Muhammad Anwaruddin.{{fact|date=July 2024}}<br />
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While the British and the French supported their respective candidates for the Nawabship, they also took sides in the conflict over succession to the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]]. After the death of Nizam-ul-Mulk in 1748, there arose a rivalry between [[Nasir Jung]], his second son, and [[Muzaffar Jang]], his grandson. Muzaffar Jang came to the south with a strong force and allied himself with Chanda Sahib and the French.{{fact|date=July 2024}}<br />
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The aging Nawab Muhammad Anwaruddin, supported by the English, met the French army at [[Ambur]] on 3 August 1749 and was killed in [[Battle of Ambur|the battle]] at the age of 77. He was mentioned as the oldest soldier to die on battlefield in "Ripley's Believe It or Not," although erroneously described as 107 years old at the time. Ripley stated that the Nawab died of gunshot wounds but that has not been independently verified.{{fact|date=July 2024}} <br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Carnatic Wars]]<br />
*[[Nawab]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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