<P> As the Mughal Empire declined, the emperors lost their power and became puppets and prisoners of their new overlords, the Marathas . Awadh thus grew stronger and more independent . The capital city at the time was Faizabad . </P> <P> All of these rulers used the title of Nawab . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Titular Name </Th> <Th> Personal Name </Th> <Th> Birth </Th> <Th> Reign </Th> <Th> Death </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Burhan ul Mulk Sa'adat Khan برہان الملک سعادت خان ‬ </Td> <Td> Mir Muhammad Amin Musawi </Td> <Td> 1680 Nishapur, Khurasan, Safavid dynasty, Persia </Td> <Td> 1722--19 March 1739 </Td> <Td> 1739 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Abul - Mansur Khan Safdar Jung ابو المنصور خان صفدرجنگ ‬ </Td> <Td> Muhammad Muqim </Td> <Td> 1708 </Td> <Td> 1739--5 October 1754 </Td> <Td> 1754 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Shuja - ud - Daula شجاع الدولہ ‬ </Td> <Td> Jalal - ud - din Haider Abul - Mansur Khan </Td> <Td> 1732 </Td> <Td> 1754--26 January 1775 </Td> <Td> 1775 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Asaf - ud - Daula آصف الدولہ ‬ </Td> <Td> Muhammad Yahya Mirza Amani </Td> <Td> 1748 </Td> <Td> 26 January 1775--21 September 1797 </Td> <Td> 1797 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Asif Jah Mirza </Td> <Td> Wazir Ali Khan وزیر علی خان ‬ </Td> <Td> 1780 </Td> <Td> 21 September 1797--21 January 1798 </Td> <Td> 1817 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Yamin - ud - Daula </Td> <Td> Saadat Ali Khan II سعادت علی خان ‬ </Td> <Td> 1752 </Td> <Td> 21 January 1798--11 July 1814 </Td> <Td> 1814 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rafa'at - ud - Daula Padshah - i - Awadh </Td> <Td> Abul - Muzaffar Ghazi - ud - din Haydar Khan غازی الدیں حیدر ‬ </Td> <Td> 1769 </Td> <Td> 11 July 1814--19 October 1827 </Td> <Td> 1827 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Nasir - ud - din Haidar Shah Jahan ناصر الدیں حیدر شاہ ‌جہاں ‬ </Td> <Td> Abul - Mansur Qutb - ud - din Sulaiman Jah </Td> <Td> 1827 </Td> <Td> 19 October 1827--7 July 1837 </Td> <Td> 1837 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Abul Fateh Moin - ud - din </Td> <Td> Muhammad Ali Shah محمّد علی شاہ ‬ </Td> <Td> 1777 </Td> <Td> 7 July 1837--7 May 1842 </Td> <Td> 1842 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Najm - ud - Daula Abul - Muzaffar Musleh - ud - din </Td> <Td> Amjad Ali Shah امجد علی شاہ ‬ </Td> <Td> 1801 </Td> <Td> 7 May 1842--13 February 1847 </Td> <Td> 1847 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Abul - Mansur Mirza </Td> <Td> Wajid Ali Shah واجد علی شاہ ‬ </Td> <Td> 1822 </Td> <Td> 13 February 1847--11 February 1856 </Td> <Td> 21 September 1887 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Begum Hazrat Mahal بیگم حضرت محل ‬ </Td> <Td> Muhammadi Khanum </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> May 1857--1858 Wife of Wajid Ali Shah and mother of Birjis Qadra </Td> <Td> 7 April 1879 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Birjis Qadr برجیس قدر ‬ </Td> <Td> Ramzan Ali رمضان علی ‬ </Td> <Td> 1845 </Td> <Td> 1857--1858 (in rebellion) </Td> <Td> 14 August 1893 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Portrait </Th> <Th> Titular Name </Th> <Th> Personal Name </Th> <Th> Birth </Th> <Th> Reign </Th> <Th> Death </Th> </Tr>

Who painted the portraits of nawab of awadh