List of The Nawabs of Bengal
The following is a list of all the Nawabs of Bengal. Sarfaraz Khan and Mir Muhammed Jafar Ali Khan Bahadur (Mir Jafar) were the only Nawabs to become the Nawab twice. The chronology started in 1717 with Murshid Quli Khan and ended in 1881 with Mansur Ali Khan's abdication.
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| Jaafar Khan Bahadur Nasiri | Murshid Quli Khan | 1665 | 1717– 1727 | June 30, 1727 | |
| Ala-ud-Din Haidar Jang | Sarfaraz Khan Bahadur | ? | 1727-1727 | April 29, 1740 | |
| Shuja ud-Daula | Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan | Around 1670 (date not available) | July, 1727 – August 26, 1739 | August 26, 1739 | |
| Ala-ud-Din Haidar Jang | Sarfaraz Khan Bahadur | ? | March 13, 1739 – April 1740 | April 29, 1740 | |
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| Hashim ud-Daula | Muhammad Alivardi Khan Bahadur | Before May 10, 1671 | April 29, 1740 – April 9, 1756 | April 9, 1756 | |
| Siraj ud-Daulah | Muhammad Siraj-ud-Daulah | 1733 | April 1756 – June 2, 1757 | July 2, 1757 | |
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| Ja'afar 'Ali Khan Bahadur | Mir Muhammed Jafar Ali Khan Bahadur | 1691 | June 1757 – October 1760 | January 17, 1765 | |
| Itimad ud-Daulah | Mir Qasim Ali Khan Bahadur | ? | October 20, 1760 – 1763 | May 8, 1777 | |
| Ja'afar 'Ali Khan Bahadur | Mir Muhammed Jafar Ali Khan Bahadur | 1691 | July 25, 1763 – January 17, 1765 | January 17, 1765 | |
| Nazam-ud-Daulah | Najimuddin Ali Khan Bahadur | 1750 | February 5, 1765 – May 8, 1766 | May 8, 1766 | |
| Saif ud-Daulah | Najabut Ali Khan Bahadur | 1749 | May 22, 1766 – March 10, 1770 | March 10, 1770 | |
| Mubarak ud-Daulah | Ashraf Ali Khan Bahadur | 1759 | March 21, 1770 – September 6, 1793 | September 6, 1793 | |
| Azud ud-Daulah | Babar Ali Khan Bahadur | ? | 1793 – April 28, 1810 | April 28, 1810 | |
| Ali Jah | Zain-ud-Din Ali Khan Bahadur | ? | June 5, 1810 – August 6, 1821 | August 6, 1821 | |
| Walla Jah | Ahmad Ali Khan Bahadur | ? | August 6, 1821 – October 30, 1824 | October 30, 1824 | |
| Humayun Jah | Mubarak Ali Khan Bahadur | September 29, 1810 | October 30, 1824 – October 3, 1838 | October 3, 1838 | |
| Feradun Jah | Mansur Ali Khan Bahadur | October 29, 1830 | October 29, 1838 – November 1, 1880 (abdicated) | November 5, 1884 | |
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