Ubaidullah Shariyatullah Khan (c. 1671 –1734), commonly known as Mir Jumla III, was a noble who served at the court of the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar.
[1] During the Mughal war of succession in 1713, Mir Jumla secretly negotiated between Nizam-ul-Mulk and Amin Khan and persuaded them not to fight.
[5] Between March 1713 and April 1714, Farrukhsiyar executed several rebels including: Saadullah Khan, a news-writer; and Sidi Qasim, a police officer.
[6] While Sayyid Hussain Ali Khan Barha was in the Deccan campaigning against the Marathas, Mir Jumla became more influential.
[7] He took advantage of a famine and manipulated Farrukhsiyar into believing that the Sayyid brothers were unfit for their offices, and that they would act as a hindrance to peace in the kingdom.
This irked Sayyid Hassan Ali Khan Barha, who was also concerned that Mir Jumla was more accessible to the masses who were in search of employment, than he was.
[12] However, on the advice of Muhammad Amin Khan, the Emperor dropped the idea of directly fighting the Sayyid brothers and instead contemplated making Mir Jumla the de jure dewan (prime minister of the state).
They demanded that Mir Jumla be dismissed from the Mughal court and he was duly despatched to Bihar on 11 December 1714 in accordance with the treaty agreed between the Emperor and the brothers.