Sayyid Salabat Khan Zulfiqar Jang was a Mughal noble of
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descent and the
Mir Bakhshi and
Amir-ul-Umara of
Ahmad Shah Bahadur
Ahmad Shah Bahadur , also known as Mirza Ahmad Shah or Mujahid-ud-Din Ahmad Shah Ghazi (23 December 1725 – 1775 AD), was the fourteenth Mughal Emperor, born to Emperor Muhammad Shah. He succeeded his father to the throne in 1748, at the age ...
.
Background
Originally named Sayyid Hussain Khan, he was born as the son of Saadat Khan, Mir Muhammad Taqi Hussaini. Salabat Khan was the brother-in-law of the Mughal emperor
Farrukhsiyar. They were ethnic
Kashmiris
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belonging to the Marashi clan. His father Saadat Khan was appointed governor of Kashmir on the accession of Farrukhsiyar in place of Inayatullah Khan Kashmiri, and was the late Mir-i-Atish, or general of the artillery. Although they attempted to support the Mughal Emperor
Farrukhsiyar, Salabat Khan's father was killed in a battle against the
Barah Sayyids, while Salabat Khan escaped alive. The later Mughal emperor used to refer to him as Nana Baba.
Biography
On the death of Asaf Jah in 1748, Salabat Khan was made the Mir Bakhshi in 29 June. He gained the governorship of Ajmer and Agra, with the Faujdari of Narnaul. In 1740-1750 Salabat Khan ravaged
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 ...
and captured the fort of Neemrana.
The Jats clashed with the Mughal army at Saraj Sobhachand, inflicting losses on it. In April 1750 he came out to invade
Rajputana
Rājputana, meaning "Land of the Rajputs", was a region in the Indian subcontinent that included mainly the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan, as well as parts of Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, and some adjoining areas of Sindh in modern-day ...
with an army of 18,000 in order to support Bakht Singh against Ishwari Singh. But as neither side desired war, after little fighting the Mughal army left after Ishwari Singh promised a small tribute. This unsuccessful campaign was the last attempt of the dying empire to assert its authority over Rajputana.
In June 1751, Salabat khan insulted the emperor and his favourite
Javid Khan, the eunuch. This was reported by Javid Khan to the emperor, resulting in Salabat Khan's dismissal from the post of Mir Bakhshi and Amir-ul-Umara. Salabat Khan sold everything he had and lived in seclusion as a
Dervish.
After the disbandment of the Indian Muslim cavalry regiment known as the Sin-Dagh,
Imad-ul-Mulk attempted to call to his aide Salabat Khan, the ex-Bakhshi of the last emperor, who had been living in retirement and disgrace at Agra. But this last great noble of Farrukhsiyar and Muhammad Shah was now an aged phantom only, and he sunk into his grave on 6 June, 1757.
Family
His son Ahmad Ali Khan was the Bakhshi of the Ahadis.
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Mughal nobility
18th-century Indian nobility
1757 deaths
18th-century Mughal Empire people