[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Painting # Painting Mir Phulwari was the Nawab (governor) of Bengal in 1765-66, taking the title Najim ad-Daulah or ‘Star of State’. He died at the age of 16, reputedly from a fever caught at a party held in Murshidabad in honour of Robert Clive, who had helped Phulwari’s father Mir Ja’far to become Nawab. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1770–1779 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-80-1922](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-80-1922) · Pramāṇa