# Mubarak Ali Khan

Sayyid Mubarak Ali Khan (Bengali: মুবারক আলী খান; 1759 – 6 September 1793), better known as Mubarak ud-Daulah (spelled also as: Mubarak ud-Daula), was the Nawab of Bengal and Bihar. He was the son of Mir Jafar and Babbu Begum.
He ascended the throne on 21 March 1770 after his half-brother, Ashraf Ali Khan's death on 10 March 1770. Mubarak Ali Khan was succeeded by his son, Babar Ali Khan after his death on 6 September 1793.

## Life
### Early years

Nawab Nazim Mubarak Ali Khan, better known as Mubarak ud-Daulah was the son of Mir Jafar by Babbu Begum. He succeeded his half brother, Ashraf Ali Khan, at the age of 12 years, after Ashraf Ali Khan's death on 24 March 1770. 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

In 1790, the Queen of the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II, asked, through Lord Cornwallis, for one of Nawab Mubarak ud-Daulah's daughters in marriage with her son. 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. Moreover, there is a longstanding usage in my family, that our daughters can never be given in marriage to any one other than Sayyids. If I act contrary to this, my family custom, I shall be ruined. At all events, my mother and I cannot accept the offer. —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. He was succeeded by his son, Baber Ali Khan after his death.

## Marriage
### Principal wives

The following are the principal wives of Nawab Nazim Mubarak Ali Khan:
| Name | Marriage Place | Marriage Date | Parent/Other | Other names | Birth | Birth Place | Death | Death Place | Burial Place | Notes |
| (Unknown) | Murshidabad Fort | November 1770 | Father: Muhammad Fazl Ali Khan Bahadur Uncle: Sayyid Muhammad Reza Khan (Naib Nazim of Bengal and Bihar) | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
| Faiz-un-nisa Walida Begum | N.A. | N.A. | Father: Fazlullah Khan Mother: Nadira Begum Maternal Grandfather: Mirza Hafizullah Khan | N.A. | 1756 | N.A. | 30 December 1820 | Murshidabad | Jafarganj Cemetery | She was a Gaddinashin Begum. |
| Jahan Begum Sahiba | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
| Amir-un-nisa Begum Sahiba | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |

### Mut‘ah wives

The following are the mut‘ah wives of Nawab Nazim Mubarak Ali Khan:
| Name | Other names | Death | Death Place |
| Sharaf-un-nisa Khanum | N.A. | Before December 1833 | Murshidabad |
| Mubarak-un-nisa Khanum | Nawab Bai | N.A. | N.A. |
| Lutf-un-nisa Khanum | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
| Bunnu Khanum | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
| Brij Mahal Bakhsh | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
| Adda Kunwar | N.A. | 14 April 1838 | Murshidabad |

## Children

The following is the list of the children of Nawab Nazim Mubarak Ali Khan:
| Name | Other names | Birth | Birth Place | Death | Death Place | Spouse | Mother | Sex |
| Sayyid Baber Ali Khan Bahadur | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | 28 April 1810 | N.A. | Babbu Begum Sahiba and 1 more. | Faiz-un-nisa Begum | Boy |
| Sayyid Abdul Qasim Khan Bahadur | Mir Mungli | N.A. | N.A. | 30 September 1830 | Murshidabad | Izzat-un-nisa, Guhan, Sultan Qajah Sari, and Mul Jan | Sharaf-un-nisa | Boy |
| Sayyid Husain Ali Khan Bahadur | Mukram ul-Mulk Iftiqar ud-Daulah Firuz Jang | N.A. | N.A. | 31 August 1810 | Murshidabad | N.A. | Nawab Bai | Boy |
| Mir Mehndi | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | February 1826 | Murshidabad | N.A. | Lutf-un-nisa Khanum | Boy |
| Sayyid Tamiz Abidin Ali Khan Bahadur | Najam ul-Mulk Roshan ud-Daulah Nasir Jang | N.A. | N.A. | 9 September 1840 | Rajabazar Deori, Murshidabad | (Unknown) | (Unknown) | Boy |
| Sayyid Mir Muhammad Ali Khan Bahadur | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | Before 20 June 1827 | (Unknown) | (Unknown) | Mubarak-un-nisa Khanum | Boy |
| Sayyid Zainal-Abidin Ali Khan Bahadur | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | February 1826 | Murshidabad | (Unknown) | Sharaf-un-nisa | Boy |
| Sayyid Abdul Husain Ali Khan Bahadur | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | Lutf-un-nisa Khanum | Boy |
| Sayyid Zulfikar Ali Khan Bahadur | Nawab Jan Zulfikar ud-Daulah | N.A. | N.A. | 12 November 1840 | Murshidabad | (Unknown) | Nawab Bai | Boy |
| Sayyid Nasir-ud-din Haidar Khan Bahadur | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | 23 May 1821 | Murshidabad | N.A. | (Unknown) | Boy |
| Sayyid Ali Reza Khan Bahadur | Maulvi Sahib | N.A. | N.A. | June 1813 | Murshidabad | N.A. | (Unknown) | Boy |
| Sayyid Ahmed Ali Khan Bahadur | Mir Mughal Sahib | N.A. | N.A. | June 1816 | Murshidabad | N.A. | (Unknown) | Boy |
| Zinat-un-nisa Begum Sahiba | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | Sharaf-un-nisa Khanum | Girl |
| Hayat-un-nisa Begum Sahiba | Rabia Begum | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | (Unknown) | Girl |
| Mubarak-un-nisa Begum Sahiba | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | Before 5 May 1827 | Murshidabad | N.A. | Faiz-un-nisa Walida Begum | Girl |
| Badr-un-nisa Begum Sahiba | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | 13 September 1856 | Dacca | N.A. | Faiz-un-nisa Walida Begum | Girl |
| Lutf-un-nisa Begum Sahiba | Sahibzadi Begum | N.A. | N.A. | 18 August 1846 | Murshidabad | N.A. | Faiz-un-nisa Walida Begum | Girl |
| Said-un-nisa Begum Sahiba | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | (Unknown) | Girl |
| Dudur-un-nisa Begum Sahiba | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | (Unknown) | Girl |
| Afzal-un-nisa Begum Sahiba | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | Lutf-un-nisa Khanum | Girl |
| Fakhr-un-nisa Begum Sahiba | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | (Unknown) | Girl |
| Rahim-un-nisa Begum Sahiba | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | 17 December 1844 | Murshidabad | N.A. | Lutf-un-nisa Khanum | Girl |
| Jigri-Begum Sahiba | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | 13 January 1859 | Murshidabad | N.A. | Mubarak-un-nisa Khanum | Girl |
| Saleh-un-nisa Begum Sahiba | Moti Begum | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | Amin ul-Mulk, Sarfaraz ud-Daulah, Sayyid Daud Ali Khan Bahadur, son of Mumtaz ud-Daulah, Sayyid Abdul Qasim Khan Bahadur, bu his wife, Moti Begum. | Faiz-un-nisa Walida Begum | Girl |
| Nur-un-nisa Begum Sahiba | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | 25 June 1846 | Murshidabad | N.A. | (Unknown) | Girl |
| Umdat-un-nisa Begum Sahiba | N.A. | N.A. | mursidabad. | 10 November 1842 | (rajmahal,jharkhand) | Sayyid Talib Husain khan Bahadur, son of Mumtaz-ud-Daulah, Sayyid Abdul Qasim Khan Bahadur of Raj Mahal (Royal Palace). | Brij Mahal Bakhsh | Girl |
| Wahid-un-nisa Begum Sahiba | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | Girl |