Muhammad Ali Shah | |
King of Oudh | |
Succession: | King of Awadh |
Reign: | 7 July 1837 – 7 May 1842 |
Coronation: | 8 July 1837, Farhat Bakhsh Palace, Lucknow |
Full Name: | Abul Fateh Moinuddin Muhammad Ali Shah |
Predecessor: | Nasir-ud-Din Haidar Shah |
Successor: | Amjad Ali Shah |
Spouse: | Malika Afaq[1] Malika Jahan |
Issue: | Asghar Ali Shah Amjad Ali Shah Wajid Ali Shah Mirza Jawad Khan [2] |
Royal House: | Nishapuri |
Dynasty: | Oudh |
Religion: | Shia Islam |
Father: | Saadat Ali Khan II |
Birth Date: | 1774 |
Birth Place: | Lucknow |
Death Place: | Farhat Bakhsh Palace, Lucknow |
Place Of Burial: | Husainabad (Chhota) Imambara, Lucknow |
Nasser-ud-daula Mu'in ad-Din Muhammad Ali Shah (1774[3] – May 7, 1842), was the third King of Oudh from 7 July 1837 to 7 May 1842.
Muhammad Ali Shah was son of Saadat Ali Khan II, brother of Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar Shah and uncle of Nasir-ud-Din Haidar Shah.[4] He attained the throne with British help following the demise of his nephew, as opposed to the ex-queen mother's (Badshah Begum) attempts to nominate another successor, Munna Jan (the son child of Nasir-ud-Din Haider, whom his father had disavowed). Padshah Begum and Munna Jan were afterwards imprisoned by the British in the fort of Chunar. [5]
Muhammad Ali Shah of Oudh built the Shrine of Hurr at Karbala.[6]
He died on 7 May 1842 AD.[7]