Carnatic Sultanate

Carnatic Sultanate
State of Carnatic
Carnatic Sultanate State of Carnatic
1692–1855
	Flag
	Nawabate of Arcot, on the Bay of Bengal, marked as "Carnatic" at its height of power.
Status	Dependency of the Mughal Empire (1692–1710); ; Independent state (1710–1801); ; Princely State under the paramountcy of the British East India Company (1801–1855);
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
• Carnatic Treaty	26 July 1801
• Disestablished	1855
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Madurai Nayak
	Mughal Empire
Company rule in India
Today part of	India

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.^[1]^[2] 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.

^ Kenneth Pletcher, ed. (1 April 2010). The History of India. Britannica Educational Publishing. p. 219. ISBN 9781615302017.
^ Ramaswami, N. S. (1 January 1984). Political History of Carnatic Under the Nawabs. Abhinav Publications. p. 104. ISBN 9780836412628.

[1] Kenneth Pletcher, ed. (1 April 2010). The History of India. Britannica Educational Publishing. p. 219. ISBN 9781615302017.

[2] Ramaswami, N. S. (1 January 1984). Political History of Carnatic Under the Nawabs. Abhinav Publications. p. 104. ISBN 9780836412628.

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