Background
He was the son of Mir Jafar and Babbu Begum. Nawab Nazim Mubarak Ali Khan, better known as Mubarak ud-Daulah was the son of Mir Jafar by Babbu Begum.
He was the son of Mir Jafar and Babbu Begum. Nawab Nazim Mubarak Ali Khan, better known as Mubarak ud-Daulah was the son of Mir Jafar by Babbu Begum.
He ascended the throne on 21 March 1770 after his half-brother, Ashraf Ali Khan"s death on 10 March 1770. Early years Warren Hastings appointed Mubarak ud-Daulah"s stepmother, Munny Begum, his guardian though, his mother Babbu Begum was alive. The reason that why the guardianship was not given Babbu Begum has never been satisfactorily explained.
Later years The Nawab rejected the offer in the following terms, in a letter to Lord Cornwallis: Please request the Queen to pass over the matter.
I cannot, by any means, accede to the proposal. there are many obstacles in the matter. If I act contrary to this, my family custom, I shall be ruined.
—Nawab Nazim Mubarak ud-Daulah of Bengal Although, the Nawab, then had 13 daughters, and to some extent regarded himself as a servant of the Emperor, he, for family reasons, did not allow the marriage of one of the 13 with even such an honourable prince as the Prince of Delhi. Death and succession Nawab Nazim Mubarak ud-Daulah died on 6 September 1793.
Principal wives Mut‘ah wives.