Ali Muhammad Khan (bf. 1714 – 15 September 1748) was a

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chief who succeeded his foster father Sardar Daud Khan Rohilla at the age of fourteen. He eventually went on to found the

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in the northwestern region of the

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state of

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and was generally regarded as non-oppressive ruler to the masses. He was well regarded for his political ability, and was granted the right to use India's highest insignia of the

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by the Emperor Muhammad Shah. His young death along with the tender age of his children led to Hafiz Rehmat Khan's regency which was in large part governed against his wishes, despite Rehmat Khan's solemn oath on the Quran to fulfil dying Ali Mohammad's will. On his death the disenfranchisement and neglect of his sons by Rehmat Khan caused one son, Allah Yar Khan to die of consumption, and another son Murtaza Khan to leave for

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where he too would eventually die.

Ancestry

Ali Muhammad Khan was among the prisoners taken by Sardar Daud Khan of the Barech tribe during some hostilities with other Zamindars. Daud Khan liked Ali Muhammad and adopted him as his son. Ali Muhammad Khan was a

Jat The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and su ...

according to contemporary authorities.

Biography

He succeeded ''rohilla'' Sardar Daud Khan and helped develop Rohilkhand into a powerful nation, which became independent in 1721. In 1746, due to an altercation over the collection of wood between the construction workers of

Safdar Jang Abul Mansur Mirza Muhammad Muqim Ali Khan (c. 1708 – 5 October 1754), better known as Safdar Jang, was a major figure at the Mughal court during the declining years of the Mughal Empire. He became the second Nawab of Awadh when he succeeded ...

with the forest guards of Ali Muhammad Khan, Safdar Jang decided to eliminate him.

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informed the Mughal emperor of India

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(ruled 1719–1748), through

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about Ali Mohammed Khan's supposed intentions to create his own

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. Mohammed Shah sent an expedition against him, as a result of which he was imprisoned. Later he was pardoned and made governor of

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. After

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, the conqueror of

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, took control of

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and sacked

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in 1739, Ali Mohammed Khan returned to his homeland and ruled the independent state of Rohilkhand until his death in 1748.

Faizullah Khan Nawab Sayyid Faizullah Ali Khan (c. 1730 – 17 July 1794) was the first Nawab of Rampur. The princely state of Rampur was set up in year 1774, after the First Rohilla War, by the dismemberment of the Rohilla Kingdom of Rohilkhand. Faizulla ...

was the second son of Ali Muhammad Khan. He assumed rule of the Rohillas after Nawab Saidullah Khan's.

Descendants

* Nawab Syed Abdullah Khan first son from wife Marghalari Begum (hailing from Matni tribe) * Nawab Syed

second son from wife Marghalari Begum (hailing from Matni tribe) * Nawab Syed Saadullah Khan from wife Sarah Begum (of Bunerwal) * Nawab Syed Muhammad Yar Khan son from wife Lado Begum * Nawab Syed Alah-Yar Khan son from wife Raj Begum - He died of consumption around the same time that his younger brother Murtaza died. * Syed Murtaza Khan - Disgusted of Hafiz Rehmat Khan's unfair treatment, he left for secunderabad where he died. * Shah Begum, daughter, from wife Marghalari Begum (wife of Inayat Khan son of Hafiz Rehmat Khan) * Niyaz Begum, daughter Hafiz_Rehmat_Khan.html" ;"title="nd wife of Shah Muhammad Khan brother of Hafiz Rehmat Khan">nd wife of Shah Muhammad Khan brother of Hafiz Rehmat Khan * Masoom Begum, daughter, nd_wife_of_Zabita_Khan.html" ;"title="Zabita_Khan.html" ;"title="nd wife of Zabita Khan">nd wife of Zabita Khan">Zabita_Khan.html" ;"title="nd wife of Zabita Khan">nd wife of Zabita Khan* Inayat Begum, daughter, [wife of Bahadur Khan Kamal Zai] * a daughter, name unknown, who died in childhood and was engaged to a son of Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asif Jah I, Qamar-ud-din Khan

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ali Mohammed Khan Mughal Empire people Rohilla History of Uttar Pradesh Pardon recipients 1706 births 1748 deaths Nawabs of India Indian people of Pashtun descent 18th-century Indian Muslims

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