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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Eldest daughter of Nawab Alivardi Khan}}<br />
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|name = Ghaseti Begum<br />
|image = ঘোসেটি বেগম.jpg<br />
|caption = Portrait of Ghaseti Begum, from the book ''Banglar Begum''.<br />
|full name = Nawabzadi Meher un-Nisa Begum<br />
|father = [[Alivardi Khan]]<br />
|spouse = [[Nawazish Muhammad Khan]]<br />
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'''Mehar un-Nisa Begum''' ({{langx|fa|{{Nastaliq|مهر النساء بیگم}}}}), better known as '''Ghaseti Begum''' ({{langx|bn|ঘসেটি বেগম|Ghôśeṭi Begôm}}), was the eldest daughter of [[Alivardi Khan]], [[Nawab of Bengal]], [[Bihar]] and [[Orissa, India|Orissa]] during 1740–1756.<ref name=bpedia/><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Ghaseti Begum was the eldest daughter of Nawab [[Alivardi Khan]], the [[Nawab of Bengal]], and Princess Sharfunnisa, the paternal aunt of [[Mir Jafar]]. Her paternal grandfather was Mirza Muhammad Madani, who was of either [[Arabs|Arab]] or [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] descent, the son of a foster-brother of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor [[Aurangzeb]].<ref name="Sarkar1948">{{cite book|last=Sarkar|first=Jadunath|author-link=Jadunath Sarkar|title=The History of Bengal|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.283729/page/n447/mode/2up|volume=II|year=1948|publisher=University of Dhaka|location=Dhaka|isbn=978-81-7646-239-6|page=436}}</ref><ref name="Sensarma1977">{{cite book|author=P. Sensarma|title=The Military History of Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l8ABAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Darbari Udjog|location=Kolkata|page=172}}</ref> Her paternal grandmother belonged to the Turkic [[Afshar (tribe)|Afshar]] tribe of [[Greater Khorasan|Khorasan]]. Through her, she was a relative of [[Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan]], the two having shared a common ancestor in Nawab Aqil Khan.<ref name="Sarkar1948"/><ref>{{cite journal|last=Subhan|first=Abdus|title=Early Career of Nawab Ali Vardi Khan of Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=js8VAQAAMAAJ|journal=Journal of Indian History|volume=XLVIII|issue=III|year=1970|publisher=University of Kerala|location=Trivandrum|page=536}}</ref><br />
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Ghaseti Begum married her paternal cousin, [[Nawazish Muhammad Khan]], who was the [[Naib Nazim of Dhaka]].<ref name=bpedia>{{cite Banglapedia|author=Iqbal, Shahriyar ZR|article=Ghaseti Begum}}</ref> Being childless, the couple adopted [[Ikram ud-Daulah]], the son of her younger sister [[Amina Begum]]. But Ikram ud-Daulah died of [[smallpox]] at a young age.<ref name=bpedia/> Soon after Nawazish Muhammad also died from grief.<ref name=bpedia/> Ghaseti Begum inherited vast wealth from her husband.{{fact|date=September 2024}}<br />
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==Conspiracy against Siraj ud-Daulah==<br />
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After the death of [[Alivardi Khan|Nawab Alivardi Khan]], Ghaseti Begum tried to enthrone Shaukat Jang, the son of her second sister Maimuna Begum.<ref name=bpedia/> But court officials did not agree with her as there was a rumour that Shaukat Jang was the illegitimate son of Maimuna and [[Rajballabh Sen]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lawford |first=James Philip |title=Britain's Army in India: From Its Origins to the Conquest of Bengal |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |year=1978 |isbn=9780049540200 |language=en}}</ref> Due to this, Siraj ud-Daulah managed to ascend to the power of [[Bengal Subah|Bengal]]. Eventually she secretly conspired against Siraj with the help of [[Mir Jafar]], the chief of Alivardi Khan's army, along with Rajballabh Sen, and the merchants [[Omichund]] and [[Jagat Seth]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=HT |first=Team |date=2018-01-12 |title=Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah: The Last Independent Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa |url=https://www.heritagetimes.in/nawab-siraj-ud-daulah |access-date=2025-09-21 |website=Heritage Times |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
[[File:GhasetiBegum.jpg|thumb|Tomb of Ghaseti Begum at [[Khosbag]]]]<br />
After the fall of Siraj ud-Daulah in the [[Battle of Plassey]] in 1757, Ghaseti was imprisoned in the [[Jinjira Palace]] by Mir Jafar. But sensing danger, Miran, son of Mir Jafar, moved Ghaseti to [[Murshidabad]] in 1760.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://murshidabad.net/history/history-topic-alivardi-khan.htm |title=Murshidabad History |access-date=24 May 2011 |archive-date=9 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309144640/http://www.murshidabad.net/history/history-topic-alivardi-khan.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was believed to have been drowned in the [[Buriganga River]] on the way by order of Miran.<ref name="Rabbani1997">{{cite book|last=Rabbani|first=Golam|title=Dhaka, from Mughal outpost to metropolis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9YLjAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=5 November 2012|year=1997|publisher=University Press Ltd.|isbn=978-984-05-1374-1|page=94}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Nawabs of Bengal]]<br />
* [[History of Bengal]]<br />
* [[History of Bangladesh]]<br />
* [[History of India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Murshidabad topics}}<br />
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[[Category:Nawabs of Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Shia Muslims]]<br />
[[Category:18th-century Indian women]]<br />
[[Category:People from Murshidabad district]]</div>FranciscaFortney