Anwaruddin Muhammed Khan
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Muhammad Anwaruddin (1672-1749) was the Yameen-us-Sultanat (right hand man) of Nizam-ul-Mulk, the founder of the present Hyderabad State in India. He was also the ruler of Rajamundry.
He was a direct descendent of Hazarath Omar, the Second Caliph of Islam. Nawab Anwaruddin Khan was born at Gopamau, a place in Hardoi District, United Provinces, India in 1674 A.D. He was the son of Haji Muhammad Anwar. His official name was Amin us-Sultanat, Siraj ud-Daula, Nawab Haji Muhammad Jan-i-Jahan Anwar ud-din Khan Bahadur, Shahamat Jang, Subadar of the Carnatic.
He went to Delhi and enlisted in the imperial army and soon rose to a high position. The Emperor Aurungazeb was very pleased with him on account of his faithful work. He served as Governor of Surat. Also he was posted to Rajahmundry, where he served for several years as Governor.
Muhammad Anwaruddin was first appointed as the Regent during the minority of Muhammad Saiyid. After the death of Muhammad Saiyid, Muhammad Anwaruddin was appointed by the Nizam as his Viceroy and Nawab of the Carnatic, on the 28th March, 1744. Thus he became the founder of the Second Dynasty of the Nawab of the Carnatic. Muhammad Anwaruddin was continuously maintaining a cordial relationship with the East India Company.
In 1746, the French and the English fought and achieve their supremacy in India, each over the other. The soil of the Carnatic became the arena of their action. In 1746, the French captured the English possessions at Madras and Cuddalore.
Muhammad Anwaruddin fought against the French on the banks of the Adyar and won a decisive victory, recaptured the two towns and restored them to the English. Thus, he maintained the honour of his administration and established the power of his "Nizamath" or government.
Muhammad Anwaruddin received overtures for support from both from the English and the French, but supported the English. The French wanted to reduce the growing influence of the English in the Carnatic. So they supported Husayn Dost Khan, alias Chanda Sahib as the rightful Nawab of the Carnatic against Muhammad Anwaruddin, who was supported by the British.
As the British and the French supported their respective candidates for the Nawabship, they took sides in the case of the successors of the Nizam also. After the death of the Nizam in 1746, there arose a rivalry between Nasir Jung, the second son of the Nizam and Muzaffar Jang, the favourite grandson of the Nizam. Muzaffar Jang came to the South with a strong force and allied himself with Chanda Sahib and the French. The septuagenarian Muhammad Anwaruddin, supported by the English, met the French army at Ambur in August 1749 and was killed in the battle.
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| Preceded by Muhammed Saadatullah Khan II |
Nawab of Carnatic (de-facto) 1744–31 July 1749 |
Succeeded by Chanda Sahib (Recognised by the French) |
| Nawab of Carnatic (de-jure) 1744–31 July 1749 |
Succeeded by Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah (Recognised by the British) |
