Ferozepur Jhirka, also known as Ferojpur Jhirka, is a

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, near Nuh city in

Nuh district Nuh district (formerly known as Mewat district) is one of the 22 districts in the Indian state of Haryana. There are four sub-divisions in this district: Nuh, Ferozepur Jhirka, Punahana, and Taoru. It has an area of and had a population of 1. ...

in the state of

Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...

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History

Ferozepur Jhirka was founded in 1419 by

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(patriarch) of

Mewat Mewat is a historical region of Haryana and Rajasthan states in northwestern India. The loose boundaries of Mewat generally include Hathin tehsil and Nuh district of Haryana, Alwar (Tijara, Kishangarh, Bas, Ramgarh, Laxmangarh, Kathumar tehsil ...

Khanzada Feroz Khan Wali-e-Mewat Raja Khanzada Feroz Khan, Bahadur, son of Khanzada Bahadur Khan, was the Khanzada Rajput ruler of Mewat State from 1417 till 1422. He succeeded his brother Akleem Khan as Wali-e-Mewat in 1417. Feroz Khan, proved to be an effectiv ...

who styled himself as

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(king).

Mughal Era

Choudry

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and his brother Choudry

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were landlord

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in Ferozepur Jhirka. Abu_Mohammad_along_with_ Abu_Mohammad_along_with_Makhdoom_Tahir(from_Jhumrawat">Makhdoom_Tahir.html"_;"title="Abu_Mohammad_along_with_Makhdoom_Tahir">Abu_Mohammad_along_with_Makhdoom_Tahir(from_Jhumrawat)_turned_this_into_larger_estate_(land).html" ;"title="Makhdoom_Tahir(from_Jhumrawat.html" ;"title="Makhdoom_Tahir.html" ;"title="Abu Mohammad along with Makhdoom Tahir">Abu Mohammad along with Makhdoom Tahir(from Jhumrawat">Makhdoom_Tahir.html" ;"title="Abu Mohammad along with Makhdoom Tahir">Abu Mohammad along with Makhdoom Tahir(from Jhumrawat) turned this into larger estate (land)">estate (riyasat). Qazi Ghulam Mustafa from Ferozepur Jhirka, and who was honoured By Bahadur Shah I was close relative to these two and he was married to Bibi Rasti (died Dhu al-Qi'dah 1147 AH / 1734 AD), the daughter of Qazi Syed Rafi Mohammad.

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, who built the Ferozepur Jhirka Fort was a courtier of

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. He was the son of Bibi Rasti and

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Kar Talab Khan Qazi Ghulam Mustafa. He was Panj Hazari

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(a courtier with a military rank of officer-in-charge of 5000 horses) and was posted first as

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at Moazzam Abad (

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), later as '' Khidmat Daroghi Topkhana'' (incharge of armory

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store) at

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;

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(

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), and then

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during the reigns of

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. He died in

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(Delhi) on 4

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1155 AH (1742 CE). ''Nazim khan'' son of ''Hasan Mohm''

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, who belonged to Ferozepur Jhirka, was also a close relative of Qazi Ghulam Mustafa. This

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was abolished by the

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in 1858 after the

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Lesser Balochistan

The 1828 CE

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refers to this area as Lesser Balochistan, a likely reference to arrival of people from

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during Lodhi era who might have been the rulers of Ferozepur Jhirka area from Lodhi era onward. They likely built the Taoru Tomb complex during the successive dynasties. The largests tomb belongs to a Baloch.lalit Mohan
"The timeless tombs of Tauru."

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, 23 Feb 2002."Tombs in Tauru - A Small Dusty Town."Tombs in Tauru - A Small Dusty TownDelhipedia

District reorganisation

Previously Ferozepur Jhirka was part of district

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, but through gazette notification of Haryana government on 4 April 2005 it became part of Nuh district. Since then it has been sub-division of Nuh district.

Demographics

The area is dominated by Hindus. It was earlier in the Gurgaon district but was later moved to the Mewat district. Ferozepur Jhirka constituency has 80% Hindus and 20% Meo Muslims. India

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, Ferozepur Jhirka had a population of 17,751. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Ferozepur Jhirka has an average literacy rate of 59.5%: male literacy is 70% and female literacy is 80%. In Ferozepur Jhirka, 19% of the population is under 6 years of age. are Dominant in Ferozepur Jhirka .

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