The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c27.439

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v4.c27.439

Naungdawgyi, king of Burma, 512 Nauraspur, 188, 190 Naurūz festival, of Akbar, 128, 134; of Jahāngīr, 156; forbidden by Aurangzīb, 230; of Nādir Shāh at Delhi, 361 Naushahra, 36 Navāit clan, 295, 369 and n. 1, 384 Naval Rāi, Rājā, with Safdar Jang against Bangash Afghāns, 429; defeated and killed by Ahmad Khān, 430 Navānagar, 166, 226 Navy of Bengal, 237 Nawal Rāi, Rājā, 370 Nazr ‘Alī Khān, 315 Nazr Muhammad, 202–4, 219 Negrais, 491, 505, 509, 510, 512 Neknām, 314 Netājī Pālkar, 254 Newbery, 135, 151 New English Company, 310 Nga Hpyaw, 521 Nga Kala, 500 Nga Me, 480 n. 3 Ngatatkyi, 497 Nicobars, 501 Nijābat Khān, 419 Nikū-siyar proclaimed emperor but deposed and imprisoned, 340 Nimā Sindia, 313 Nīmrāna, 431 Ningrahār, 5, 239 Nirmal, 389 *nishān*, 306 Nīshāpur, 360 Nishāt Bāgh, 549 Niyābat Khān, 126 Niyāzīs, 59, 60 Nizām, the ruler of Hyderābād state, *passim* Nizāmābād, 385 Nizām ‘Alī, becomes regent, 389; opposes Marāthās, 390, 412–13; invades Mahārāshtra, deposes Salābat Jang and becomes Nizām, 391 Nizām Khān, 15 Nizām Khān (Sūr), 45, 47, 48 Nizām Shāhī dynasty, 264–5 Nizām-ud-Daula, title of Nāsir Jang, 386 Nizām-ud-dīn, Shaikh, 119 Nizām-ud-dīn Ahmad, Khvāja, 96 n. 1 Nizām-ud-dīn Ahmad, Sayyid, 274 Nizām-ud-dīn ‘Alī Khalīfa, 17 Nizām-ud-dīn Auliyā's shrine, 440 Nizām-ul-Mulk I (Chīn Qilich Khān), grandson of Qilich Khān, 287; member of Tūrānī party, 319; becomes viceroy of Deccan, 331, 393; recalled and declines to join Farrukh-siyar's intrigues, 336, 337; conciliated by ‘Abdullah Khān, 338, 341; sent to Mālwā, 340, 341; rebels against Sayyids, 342; wins battles near Khandwā and Shevgāon, 343, 399; 346; returns to Delhi as minister, 347, 382, 399; unpopular there withdraws to Nizām-ul-Mulk I (*continued*) Deccan, 349; gains battle of Shakarkhelda, becomes practically independent, receives title of Āsaf Jāh, and enlists Marāthā aid, 350, 377, 399, 400; plotting treason, 352; to free his own state urges Marāthās to invade N. India, 353, 382; approached by Muhammad Shāh, 355, 403; fails to defeat Marāthās near Bhopāl and concludes disgraceful terms, 356-7, 382, 403-4; nominated to oppose Nādir Shāh, 358; hesitates to attack him, 359, 382; sent to arrange indemnity, 360; 361; his payments to Nādir Shāh, 362; resists Muhammad Shāh’s intrigues, 363, 382-3; imprisons Nāsir Jang, 366, 383; makes conquests in Carnatic, 368, 384; as governor of Katehr, 369; his terms of office in Deccan and independence there, 377; *see further* Āsaf Jāh