Raja Hasan Khan Mewati (died 17 March 1527), son of the previous ruler
Raja Alawal Khan was a
Muslim Khanzada Rajput ruler 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 ...
.
His dynasty had ruled Mewat State for nearly 200 years. He was a descendant of
Raja Nahar Khan
Wali-e-Mewat Raja Nahar Khan, Bahadur, birth name Raja Sonpar Pal, the ruler of Mewat, was the progenitor of Khanzada Rajput tribe. He was converted to Islam by Firuz Shah Tughlaq in 1355.
Background
He was the son of Rajput Raja Lakhan ...
Mewati
Mewati (Devanagri:मेवाती; Perso-Arabic:میواتی) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about three million speakers in the Mewat Region (Alwar and Bharatpur, districts of Rajasthan, Nuh district of Haryana).
While other people ...
, who was the
Wali
A wali (''wali'' ar, وَلِيّ, '; plural , '), the Arabic word which has been variously translated "master", "authority", "custodian", "protector", is most commonly used by Muslims to indicate an Islamic saint, otherwise referred to by the ...
of Mewat in 14th century. He re-constructed the
Alwar fort in 15th century. He joined the
Rajput Confederation with 5,000 allies in the
Battle of Khanwa
The Battle of Khanwa was fought at Khanwa on March 16, 1527. It was fought between the invading Timurid forces of Babur and the Rajput confederacy led by Rana Sanga for suprermacy of Northern India. The battle was a major event in Medieval I ...
, where he was killed in the battle by Mughal forces led by
Babur
Babur ( fa, , lit= tiger, translit= Bābur; ; 14 February 148326 December 1530), born Mīrzā Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad, was the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent. He was a descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan through his ...
.
References
Mewat
1527 deaths
16th-century Indian Muslims
History of Haryana
Year of birth unknown
16th-century Indian monarchs
Bibliography
* {{Cite book , author=Gopinath Sharma , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jIs9AAAAMAAJ , title=Mewar & the Mughal Emperors (1526-1707 A.D.) , date=1954 , publisher=S.L. Agarwala , language=en