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Ghazi-ud-din Haidar, King of Oudh, India

Born around 1769, he was the third son of Nawab Saadat Ali Khan and Mushir Zadi was his mother. He became Nawab Wazir of Oudh on July 11, 1814 after the death of his father. In 1819, under the influence of Lord Hastings, the British Governor General, he declared himself as the independent Padshah-i-Avadh (King of Oudh). He died in the Farhat Bakhsh palace in Lucknow in 1827. He was succeeded by his son Nasir-ud-Din Haider after his death.

The King employed George Harris Quigley (Alias de Rusett), initially as the Royal Hairdresser, but it wasn't long before George was managing almost the whole Royal household, including the royal purse!

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