By the mid-nineteenth century, on the other hand, the British had grown impatient with the arrangement and demanded direct control about Awadh. They ended up, having said that, disinclined to seize Awadh outright and arrive deal with to encounter with the Maratha Empire and the remnants of the Mughal Empire. Until 1719, the subah of Awadh was a province of the Mughal Empire administered by a governor appointed by the emperor.