The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c21.s1.93

v4.c21.s1.93

The conqueror's design of seizing the empire of India for himself was frustrated by the clamours of his troops demanding arrears of pay and an immediate return to Kābul. Before leaving India he nominated 'Alī Gauhar, son of the murdered 'Ālamgīr II, as emperor of Delhi, under the title of Shāh 'Ālam; Shujā'-ud-Daula was appointed minister, from which circumstance he and his successors in Oudh were known to the British as Nawāb Vazīr, or "Nabob Vizier", until permitted, in 1819, to assume the royal title; and Najīb-ud-Daula was confirmed in the rank and appointment of Amīr-ul-Umarā. Ghāzī-ud-dīn disappeared from political life and according to some accounts lingered in obscurity till 1800.