Zain ud-Din Ahmed Khan
| Zainuddin Khan | |||||
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| Haibat Jang, Ihtiram ud-Daulah | |||||
| Naib Nazim of Bihar | |||||
| Reign | 1740 – 13 January 1748 | ||||
| Predecessor | Alivardi Khan | ||||
| Successor | Siraj-ud-Daulah khan | ||||
| Born | 2 May 1690 Jahangirnagar, Bengal, Mughal Empire | ||||
| Died | 13 January 1748 (aged 68) Patna, Bengal, Mughal Empire | ||||
| Burial | 1748 Khushbagh, West Bengal, India | ||||
| Spouse | Amina Begum | ||||
| Issue | Mahabat Ali Khan Siraj ud-Daulah khan Ikram ud-Daulah Mirza Asadullah Shehzadi Afseen Begum | ||||
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| House | Afshar | ||||
| Father | Haji Ahmad | ||||
| Religion | Islam (Hanafi) | ||||
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Zain ud-Din Khan, also known as Mirza Muhammad Hashim, was an aristocrat from the Nawab of Bengal family and the father of Siraj ud-Daulah, khan the last independent Nawab of Bengal. He served as the governor of Bihar under Nawab Alivardi Khan.