{{Short description|Nawab of Awadh from 1837 to 1842}} {{Other people|Muhammad Ali Shah}} {{EngvarB|date=January 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Muhammad Ali Shah | title = Nawab | image = MuhammadAliShah.jpg | caption = | succession = Nawab of Awadh | reign = {{Nowrap|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<ref name="e845">{{cite book | last=Hasan | first=A. | title=Palace Culture of Lucknow | publisher=B.R. Publishing Corporation | year=1983 | isbn=978-93-5050-037-8 | pages=156–157}}</ref><br>Malika Jahan<ref name="e845"/> | issue = Asghar Ali Shah <br/> Amjad Ali Shah <br/> Wajid Ali Shah <br/> Mirza Jawad Khan <ref>{{Cite book|last=Sleeman|first=William|title=A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude|publisher=Richard Bentley|year=1858}}</ref> | royal house = Nishapuri | dynasty = Oudh | religion = Shia Islam | father = Saadat Ali Khan II | mother = | birth_date = 1774 | birth_place = Lucknow | death_date = {{Death date and age|1842|5|7|1774|df=yes}} | death_place = Farhat Bakhsh Palace, Lucknow | burial_date = | burial_place = Husainabad (Chhota) Imambara, Lucknow }}
'''Nasser-ud-daula Mu'in ad-Din Muhammad Ali Shah''' (1774<ref>{{Cite book|last=White|first=W|title=The Prince of Oude, or, The claim of the Nawaub Ekbal-ood-Dowlah Bahador to the throne of Oude|publisher=William Strange|year=1838|pages=82|asin=B0006F9CDK}}</ref> – 7 May 1842), was the ninth Nawab or King of Oudh from 7 July 1837 until his death on 7 May 1842.
== Biography == Muhammad Ali Shah was son of Saadat Ali Khan, brother of Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar Shah and uncle of Nasir-ud-Din Haidar Shah.<ref name="HoA">[https://web.archive.org/web/20010901224326/http://www.indiancoins.8m.com/awadh/AwadhHist.html#MuhammadAliShah HISTORY OF AWADH (Oudh) a princely State of India by Hameed Akhtar Siddiqui]</ref> 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. <ref>{{Cite book|last=Sleeman|first=William|title=A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude|publisher=Richard Bentley|year=1858}}</ref>
Muhammad Ali Shah of Oudh built the Shrine of Hurr at Karbala.<ref>[http://smma59.wordpress.com/2007/02/15/1226/ Al Mashad al Husain-Karbala: Phases of Destruction & Restoration « Muslim Unity]</ref>
== Death == He died on 7 May 1842 AD.<ref>[http://www.tasleemlucknow.com/nawabera.htm History Of Lucknow] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610090111/http://www.tasleemlucknow.com/nawabera.htm |date=10 June 2008 }}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery> Image:Chotaimambara6.jpg|The crown of Muhammed Ali Shah Bahadur, kept in Chhota Imambara File:Chhota imambara Lucknow.jpg|Chhota Imambara in Lucknow </gallery>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090915185442/http://lucknow.nic.in/Wazir.htm National Informatics Centre, Lucknow – Rulers of Awadh]
{{s-start}} {{succession box | before=Naser ad-Din Haydar Solayman Jah Shah | title=Padshah-e-Oudh, Shah-e Zaman | years=7 Jul 1837 – 7 May 1842 | after=Naser ad-Dowla Amjad 'Ali Thorayya Jah Shah }} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shah, Muhammad Ali}} Category:Indian Shia Muslims Category:Nawabs of Oudh State Category:1842 deaths Category:1774 births