Asaf Jah Jamat-ul-Mulk Shuja-ud-Daula Nawab Abul Mansur Khan Bahadur Safdar Jang Sipah Salar, better known as Safdar Jang, was the second Nawab of Kingdom of Awadh succeeding Saadat Khan in the year 1739 and Mughal Grand Vizier from 1748 to 1753. All future Nawabs of Awadh were patriarchal descendants of Safdar Jang. He was a major political figure at the imperial Mughal court during its declining years.