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Safdar Jang: 18th-century Indian nobleman
Wazir-ul-Mamalik-e-Hindustan Asaf Jah Jamat-ul-Mulk Shuja-ud-Daula Nawab Abul Mansur Khan Bahadur Safdar Jang Sipah Salar, better known as Safdar Jang, was the second Nawab of Kingdom of Awadh succeeding Saadat Ali Khan I in the year 1739. All future Nawabs of Awadh were patriarchal descendants of Safdar Jang. He was a major political figure at the imperial Mughal court during the declining years of the Mughal Empire.

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