Carnatic Sultanate
The Carnatic Sultanate was a kingdom in South India between about 1690 and 1855, and was under the legal purview of the Nizam of Hyderabad, until their demise. They initially had their capital at Arcot in the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Their rule is an important period in the history of the Carnatic and Coromandel Coast regions, in which the Mughal Empire gave way to the rising influence of the Maratha Empire, and later the emergence of the British Raj.
Carnatic Sultanate State of Carnatic | |||||||||||
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Nawabate of Arcot, on the Bay of Bengal, marked as "Carnatic" at its height of power. | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Gingee (1692–1710), Arcot (1710–1768), Chepauk (1768–1855) | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Tamil, Telugu, Persian | ||||||||||
| Religion | Islam (state religion) | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Nawab | |||||||||||
• 1692–1703 (first) | Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung | ||||||||||
• 1710–1732 (first independent) | Saadatullah Khan I | ||||||||||
• 1824–1855 (last) | Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Mughal rule in India Company rule in India | ||||||||||
• Progenitor of family appointed governor | 1692 | ||||||||||
• Established | 1692 | ||||||||||
• Siege of Arcot | 23 September – 14 November 1751 | ||||||||||
| 26 July 1801 | |||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1855 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | India | ||||||||||
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