French against the English. Safdar Alí succeeded as Nawáb, but was assassinated in 1742. His infant son Muhammad Saíd was installed by the Nizám, but was murdered within a year, when Anwar-ud-dín, his guardian, was confirmed as Nawáb by the Nizám. The succession of the several Nawábs of Arcot is as follows: –
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Muhammad Saíd, or Saádat Ullah Khan, 1710-32.
Dost Alí Khán, his nephew, 1732-40.
Safdar Alí Khán, 1740-42 assassinated.
daughter, married Hussén Dost Khán, or Chandá Sáhib.
Muhammad Saíd Khán, 1742-43.
Anwar-ud-dín, 1743-49.
Máhfuz Khán.
Wálájáh Muhammad Alí, 1749-95.
Umdat-ul-Umrá, 1795-1801.
There were three other prominent Musalmán chiefs, namely the Pathán Nawábs of Kadapa, Karnúl, and Shánúr or, Sávanúr[1], while Morári Ráo Ghorpara[2], a Maráthá, ruled at Gútti; all of these being, nominally at least, subordinate to the Nizám. These somewhat dry details are necessary to elucidate the course of subsequent events.
- ↑ The first two of these Houses are extinct, but the Sávanúr Nawáb still holds an estate in the Dhárwár district of the Bombay Presidency, comprising twenty-five villages with a rental of £5,660.
- ↑ This chief's descendant is the Rájá of Sandúr in the Bellary district of Madras, his territory having an area of 140 square miles, with an income of £4,500. The sanitarium of Rámandrúg is in Sandúr.
