Wajid Ali Shah

The authorities additionally record the headings Akhtar, Mirza Wajid Ali Shah and King of Oudh. His recorded languages were Urdu, Persian and English. His recorded confession was Islam.

He was the child of Amjad Ali Shah. He married Begum Hazrat Mahal. One child is recorded: Birjis Qadir.

3 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Fire. Ishqnama. Double Album Leaf with Calligraphic Exercise by Fath 'Ali Shah, dated first half 19th century, ink, gold, and opaque watercolor on paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2016.534.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Development of Awadhi culture in Calcutta under Nawab Wajid Ali Shah(1856-87), Gurukul International Multidisciplinary Research Journal, 2024. Architecture of Wajid Ali Shah, A Queer Reading of Nawabi Architecture and the Colonial Archive, 2024. Cultural Heritage of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah and Contemporary Metiabruz, The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Cultural Heritage and Conflict, 2025. Rosie Llewellyn-Jones. The Last King in India: Wajid Ali Shah, Asian Affairs, 2015. The last king in India: Wajid 'Ali Shah, 1822-1887, Choice Reviews Online, 2015.

the recorded working language is Urdu, Persian and English.

The field of work recorded is politics, poetry and literature.

Positions recorded include Nawab of Awadh.

Works named in the authority record are Babul Mora Naihar Chhooto Jaye.