Wazir Ali Khan (19 April 1780 – 15 May 1817) was the fourth Nawab of Kingdom of Awadh from 21 September 1797 to 21 January 1798 and the adopted son of Asaf-Ud-Daulah.

[1] George Frederick Cherry, a British resident, relayed this order to him on 14 January 1799 during a breakfast invitation at which Ali had appeared with an armed guard.

A quickly assembled force commanded by General Erskine moved into Benares and "restored order" by 21 January.

[1] On the request of Arthur Wellesley, Earl of Mornington, the Raja turned Ali over to the British on the condition that he neither be hanged nor be put in fetters.

The colonial government complied with this: Ali spent the rest of life – 17 years – in an iron cage in Fort William in the Bengal Presidency.