Nawab Muhammad Yar Khan Bahadur Rohilla (died 23 April 1774) was the fourth son of Nawab

Ali Muhammad Khan Ali Muhammad Khan (; born 30 November 1977) is a Pakistani politician who served as the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs from 17 September 2018 to 10 April 2022. He is currently a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since Au ...

and upon the division of his father's realms he was made the Nawab of Bareilly.

Life

On his deathbed, his father Ali Mohammad Khan Rohilla made his ministers swear oaths on the Quran to respect his will and to act as protectors of his children until they reached maturity. He appointed Hafiz Rehmat Khan as regent of Rohilkhand until then. However the ministers and regent all reneged on their promises. In 1754 they orchestrated an argument within the royal family and used it as a pretext to usurp the power and wealth of the orphans. Disgusted, he along with his older brother Abdullah Khan and younger Allah Yar Khan left for Oojanee. He was killed while fighting the British in the

First Rohilla War The First Rohilla War of 1773–1774 was a punitive campaign by Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh on the behalf of Mughal Emperor, against the Rohillas, Afghan highlanders settled in Rohilkhand, northern India. The Nawab was supported by troops of t ...

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{{Reflist Nawabs of India Rohilla History of Uttar Pradesh 1774 deaths Year of birth missing