Dictionary of Indian Biography/Amir Ali Khan, Nawab Bahadur
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AMIR ALI KHAN, NAWAB BAHADUR (1810–1879)
Born at Barh, March 10, 1810 : appointed, 1829, Assistant to the Ambassador of Nasiruddin Hyder, King of Oudh : in 1838 Deputy Assistant Superintendent in the Presidency Special Commissioner's Court at Calcutta : in 1845, Government Pleader in the Sadr Diwani Adalat : in 1857, Personal Assistant to the Commissioner of Patna : in 1864 Khan Bahadur and Member of the Bengal Legislative Council : entered the service of the late ex-King of Oudh, and appointed a Commissioner to settle the debts of the late Nawab Nazim of Bengal : in 1875 made Nawab : in 1878 the Sultan of Turkey made him a Companion of the Order of the Osmanli : died Nov., 1879.