Umdat ul-Umara

Umdat ul-Umara
Nawab
Amir ul-Hind
Wala Jah
Umdat ul-Umara
Najim ul-Mulk
Azad ud-Daula
Portrait of Umdat ul-Umara by Tilly Kettle, c. 1770
Nawab of the Carnatic
Reign13 October 1795 – 15 July 1801
Coronation16 October 1795
PredecessorMuhammad Ali Khan Wallajah
SuccessorAzim-ud-Daula
Born(1748-01-08)8 January 1748
Died15 July 1801(1801-07-15) (aged 53)
Madras
Burial
Hazrat Natthar Wali Dargah, Farangi-Gate, Tiruchirappalli
Issuethree sons and three daughters
Names
Ghulam Husain Ali Khan
DynastyWallajah
FatherMuhammad Ali Khan Wallajah
MotherNawab Begum Sahiba
Military career
AllegianceMughal Empire
BranchNawab of Arcot
RankSubadar
ConflictsFourth Anglo-Mysore War

Ghulam Husain Ali Khan (8 January 1748 – 15 July 1801) aka Ghulam Hussainy or Umdat ul-Umra, was the Nawab of the Carnatic state in the Mughal Empire from 1795 to 1801.

He was actually named by his grandfather, Anwaruddin Khan, as "Abdul Wali". But he was subsequently renamed as "Umdat ul-Umara", after the name of the court of the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II.