Carnatic Sultanate

Carnatic State
سلطنت كرناتک (Persian)
*Salṭanat-i-Karnātak*
ஆற்காடு நவாப் (Tamil)
*āṟkāḍu navāp*
کرناٹک ریاست (Urdu)
*Karnāṭak riyāsat*
Carnatic State سلطنت كرناتک (Persian); Salṭanat-i-Karnātak; ஆற்காடு நவாப் (Tamil); āṟkāḍu navāp; کرناٹک ریاست (Urdu); Karnāṭak riyāsat
1692–1855
	Flag Coat of arms
	Arcot State, on the Bay of Bengal, marked as "Carnatic" at its height of power.
Status	Dependency of the Maratha Empire (1692–1710); ; Independent state (1710–1801); Princely State under the paramountcy of the British East India Company (1801–1855);
Capital	Gingee (1692–1710),; Arcot (1710–1768),; Chepauk (1768–1855)
Official languages	Persian, Tamil, Urdu
Religion	Islam (state religion)
Government	Monarchy
Nawab
• 1692–1703 (first)	Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung
• 1710–1732 (first independent)	Saadatullah Khan I
• 1824–1855 (last)	Ghulam Muhammad Ghouse Khan
Historical era	Mughal rule in India; Maratha rule in India; Company rule in India
• Progenitor of family appointed governor	1692
• Established	1692
• Siege of Arcot	23 September – 14 November 1751
• Carnatic Treaty	26 July 1801
• Disestablished	1855
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Madurai Nayak
	Maratha Confederacy
	Mughal Empire
Company Raj
Today part of	India

The Carnatic Sultanate (Persian: سلطنت کرناتک; Tamil: ஆற்காடு நவாப்; Urdu: کرناٹک ریاست) also known as Carnatic State or Arcot State was a kingdom in southern India between about 1690 and 1855, ruled by a Muslim nawab under the legal purview of the Nizam of Hyderabad, until their demise. They initially had their capital at Arcot in the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Their rule is an important period in the history of the Carnatic and Coromandel Coast regions, in which the Mughal Empire gave way to the rising influence of the Maratha India, and later the emergence of the British India.