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[[File:Azim ush-Shan on the imperial throne receives the investiture of Khizr ca. 1712 Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.jpg|thumb|160px|[[Azim-us-Shan]] (r. 1697-1712) receiving the investiture of ''[[Khizr]]'']]
'''Azimabad''' ({{lang-hi|अज़ीमाबाद}}, {{lang-ur|{{nastaliq|عظیم آباد}}}}) was the name of modern-day [[Patna]] during the eighteenth century, prior to the [[British Raj]]. Today, Patna is the capital of [[Bihar]], a state in North<ref>{{cite web |authors=NIC District Centre, Collectorate, Patna, Bihar |url=http://www.patna.nic.in/html/History.htm |title=Official Website of Patna District, Bihar |publisher=Patna.nic.in |date=2004-01-01 |access-date=2014-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327081448/http://patna.nic.in/html/History.htm |archive-date=27 March 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> India. In ancient times, Patna was known as [[Pataliputra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jagran.com/bihar/patna-city-metro-rail-project-project-work-will-not-start-in-ancient-area-of-old-patna-13537523.html|title=छठी शताब्दी ईसापूर्व से सभ्यता के प्रमाण}}</ref> This was the capital of the [[Maurya]] and [[Gupta Empire]]s.

[[Medieval India]] marked Pataliputra's invasion of [[Muslim]] [[Pashtun people|Pashtun]] [[Bakhtiyar Khilji]] and other [[Muslim]] rulers. This event is arguably seen by modern historians and scholars as a milestone in the [[decline of Buddhism in India]]. Long before Pataliputra was conquered, however, most of the ancient city was abandoned in the seventh century of the [[Common Era]]<ref name=encyclopedia.com>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Patna.html|title=Patna|encyclopedia=encyclopedia.com|access-date=11 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205020923/http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Patna.html|archive-date=5 February 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> but revived more than 800 years later during the rule of [[Pashtun people|Pashtun]] [[emperor]] [[Sher Shah Suri]] as [[Patna]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Patna.html |title=Patna Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Patna |publisher=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=2014-01-01}}</ref>
Sher Shah Suri had moved his capital from [[Bihar Sharif]] to [[Pataliputra]]. Not long after Sher Shah Suri's death in 1545, Patna and [[Bihar]] fell to the [[Mughals]]. The name [[Pataliputra]] continued to be used, however.

In 1703, Prince [[Azim-us-Shan]], the grandson of [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Aurangzeb]] came as the [[Governor]] of Pataliputra.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://drdapatna.bih.nic.in/patna_at_glance.html |title=Patna at a Glance |publisher=Drdapatna.bih.nic.in |access-date=2014-01-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102194628/http://drdapatna.bih.nic.in/patna_at_glance.html |archive-date=2014-01-02 }}</ref>
Azim-us-Shan, renamed [[Pataliputra]] as Azimabad, in 1704.<ref name="encyclopedia.com"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.patnadaily.com/readerswrite/2007/feb/najam_gilani2.html |title=Thus Spoke Laloo Yadav |first=Najam |last=Gilani |date=7 February 2007 |work=Readers Write |publisher=Patna Daily |access-date=11 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211043143/http://www.patnadaily.com/readerswrite/2007/feb/najam_gilani2.html |archive-date=11 February 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Khan Zaman Khan Ali Asghar]] ibn [[Qazi Ghulam Mustafa]] was later on appointed as Naib [[Subahdar]] by [[Farrukhsiyar]] at Azimabad. The last custodian of Pargenah Haweli Azimabad, was [[Nawab Haji Syed Ahmad Ali Khan Bahadur of Doolighat]], who received it as a jagir, from the then emperor [[Alamgir II]]<ref>Tazkirat al Ansaab - Alim Hussain Khan, Diary of Nawab Akhtar Hussain Khan 'Qazi'</ref><ref>Tazkirat us-Salatin Chaghta – A Mughal Chronicle of Post Aurangzeb Period (1707-1724) by Muhammad Hadi Kamwar Khan; edited Persian text and with an Introduction by Muzaffar Alam (1980), Centre Of Advanced Study Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P.) -202001, India(page 202)</ref>

Eventually, the name ''Azimabad'' fell out of use, and was replaced by ''Patna'', the name Sher Shah Suri opted to call this ancient [[city]]. Patna is the most common way of referring to Bihar's capital city from colonial period onward. Nevertheless, there is a New Azimabad Colony inside Patna today named after Patna that is primarily inhabited by [[Muslims]] who were inspired by Patna's Mughal name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.getpincode.info/azimabad-colony-mahendru-patna |title=Pincode of azimabad colony mahendru patna |publisher=Getpincode.info |access-date=2014-01-01}}</ref> Similarly, [[Pataliputra]] is understood as part of the modern city Patna, not the whole city itself. Thus, to some extent, while the name "Patna" has replaced and to some extent engulfed Azimabad and [[Pataliputra]], the legacy of these former names during the ancient and early modern exists and will continue to persist for the foreseeable future.

==See also==
* [[Names of Patna]]

==References==
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