Amjad Ali Shah

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name = Amjad Ali Shah
title = King of Oudh


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reign = 1842 - 1847
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full name = Amjad Ali Shah
predecessor = Muhammad Ali Shah
successor = Wajid Ali Shah
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spouse 1 = Malka Ahad Begum [http://www.indiainfoweb.com/uttar-pradesh/lucknow/sightseeing.html Lucknow Sightseeing Tours, Lucknow Travel Directory, Lucknow Tourism Guide, Arts & Culture of Lucknow, Places of Interest in Lucknow ] ]
spouse 2 = Malka Kaiswar [ [http://www.geocities.com/apnalko/touristlko123.html ApnaLucknow- Your guide to the City of Nawabs: Tourist Section ] ]
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father = Muhammad Ali Shah
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date of death = February 13, 1847
place of death = Lucknow
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place of burial = Imambara Sibtainabad, Hazratganj, Lucknow|

Najmud-Daulah Abul Muzaffar Musleh-uddin Suraiya Jah Sipahr Shikoh Sultan-e Adil Khaqani Zaman Muhammad AMJAD ALI SHAH Jannat Makaan was 5^th King of Awadh from 1842 to 1847. [ [http://oudh.tripod.com/aas/aas.htm King Amjad Ali Shah ] ]

He was son of Muhammad Ali Shah.

Amjad Ali Shah tooked rein in May 1842. He erected Iron Bridge over river Gomti and consytructed road from Lucknow to Kanpur which still follows the same route. He also built Hazratganj the great european style market. [ [http://oudh.tripod.com/misc/noosec.htm#aas Nawabs of Oudh & Their Secularism ] ] The great Aminabad Bazar and a Serai at Kanpur road were constructed by his minister Amin-ud-Daula.

Nawab Amjad Ali Shahalso to build the Shrines of Syedna Muslim and Hani, at Kufah. [ [http://smma59.wordpress.com/2007/02/15/1226/ Al Mashad al Husain-Karbala: Phases of Destruction & Restoration « Muslim Unity ] ]

He died due to cancer [ [http://www.tornosindia.com/nawabs.html Tornos India - About Us - Nawabs of Avadh ] ] on February 13, 1847 at the age of 48 years. He is buried at Imambara Sibtainabad in the western part of Hazratganj, Lucknow. He was succeded by his son Wajid Ali Shah.

References

* Historic Lucknow By Sidney Hay, Enver Ahmed [http://books.google.com/books?id=yc3sqGgXgzkC&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=%22Amjad+Ali+Shah%22&source=web&ots=58cZNjDgCw&sig=u4CQTNQAKXpxE_72m-h3GhsXZ1I&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA50,M1]