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| name = Ashraf Ali Khan<br />
| image = TombAshrafAliKhan.jpg<br />
| caption = Tomb of Ashraf Ali Khan at [[Jafarganj Cemetery]].<br />
| succession = [[Nawabs of Bengal|Nawab Nazim of Bengal and Bihar]]<br />
| reign = 10 March 1770 – 24 March 1770<br />
| coronation = 21 March 1770<br />
| full name = Sayyid Ashraf 'Ali Khan<br />
| birth_date = {{circa}} 1759<br />
| birth_place = [[Murshidabad]], [[Bengal Subah]]<br />
| death_date = 24 March 1770<br />
| death_place = [[Namak Haram Deorhi]], [[Bengal Presidency]]<br />
| burial_date = <br />
| burial_place = [[Jafarganj Cemetery]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Najabat Ali Khan]]<br />
| successor = [[Mubarak Ali Khan (Nawab of Bengal)|Mubarak Ali Khan]]<br />
| queen = Sakina Begum<br />
| spouse = <br />
| issue = Sharif ud-din 'Ali Khan<br> (one son and three daughters)<br />
| royal house = <br />
| dynasty = Najafi<br />
| father = [[Mir Jafar]]<br />
| mother = Rahat un-Nisa Begum<br />
| religion = [[Shia Islam]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Sarkar |first=Jadunath |author-link=Jadunath Sarkar |title=The History of Bengal |date=2004 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.283729/page/n447/mode/2up |volume=II |orig-date=1948 |publisher=[[University of Dhaka]] |location=Dhaka |isbn=978-81-7646-239-6 |page=224 |quote=The climax of the movement was reached after [[Murshid Quli Khan]] had established in Bengal what was practically a [[Shia]] dynasty, ever ready to welcome and honour the wandering talent and piety of the centre of that [[Shia Islamic beliefs and practices|creed]].}}</ref><ref name="Rieck2016">{{cite book |last=Rieck |first=Andreas |title=The Shias of Pakistan: An Assertive and Beleaguered Minority |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t6aKCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3 |year=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-061320-4 |page=3 |quote=From 1701 until the British conquest of 1757, Bengal was ruled by [[Shia]] governors appointed by the Mughals but de facto almost independent. Since that time huge [[Husayniyya|imâmbârgâhs]] were built and estates designated as auqâf for the promotion of [[Mourning of Muharram|'azâdârî]] by Iranian merchants and their descendants in Bengal towns like Murshidabad and Hoogly, which also attracted many [[Shia clergy|Shia 'ulamâ']] from both India and Iran.}}</ref><br />
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'''Sayyid Ashraf 'Ali Khan Bahadur''' ({{langx|bn|আশরাফ আলী খান}}; before 1759 – 24 March 1770), was [[Nawabs of Bengal|Nawab Nazim of Bengal and Bihar]]. He was the fourth son of [[Mir Jafar]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
He was adopted by his aunt, Nafisat un-Nisa Begum Sahiba (Manjhli Begum). On 11 March 1770, he was proclaimed as Nawab Nazim of Bengal and Bihar on the death of his elder brother [[Najabat Ali Khan]]. He was formally installed on the Khahar Balish, at Murshidabad Fort, 21 March 1770.<br />
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But shortly he died of [[smallpox]], at [[Murshidabad]] Fort, 24 March 1770.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[History of Bangladesh]]<br />
* [[History of Bengal]]<br />
* [[History of India]]<br />
* [[List of rulers of Bengal]]<br />
* [[Nawabs of Bengal]]<br />
* [[Shia Islam in the Indian subcontinent]]<br />
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