The Ansaris of

Panipat Panipat () is a historic city in Haryana, India. It is 95 km north of Delhi and 169 km south of Chandigarh on List of National Highways in India, NH-1. The three major battles fought in First Battle of Panipat, 1526, Second Battle of ...

are descended from Khwaja Abdullah Pir of Herat, one of whose descendants settled in Panipat, which was a centre of learning and was already famous for its Mashaikh and Auliya.

Modern Era

The Ansaris of Panipat intermarry with the Pirzadas and Makhdumzadas of Panipat and the Syeds of Barsat and Sonepat. The Urdu poet and writer,

Altaf Hussain Hali Altaf Hussain Hali ( – ; 1837 – 31 December 1914), also known as Maulana Khawaja Hali, was an Urdu poet and writer. Early life He was born in Panipat to Aizad Baksh and was a descendant of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari. He was in the care of his el ...

, was born in Panipat as a descendant of the Ansaris. Pakistani nationalist scholars consider his Musaddas-e Hali as an important text leading to the development of

Pakistani nationalism Pakistani nationalism refers to the political, cultural, linguistic, historical, ommonlyreligious and geographical expression of patriotism by the people of Pakistan, of pride in the history, heritage and identity of Pakistan, and visions ...

. He also wrote the Yadgar-e Ghalib, Hayat-e Saadi, and Hayat-e Javed, which were biographies of Ghalib, Saadi, and Syed Ahmed Khan respectively.''Hayat-e-Javed''
by Altaf Hussain Hali, digitized on Academy of the Punjab in North America (APNA) website. Retrieved 15 August 2018. ''Hayat-e-Javed'' and other e-books by Altaf Hussain Hali first published in the year 1900, digitized on rekhta.org website
Retrieved 15 August 2018.

Mughal Empire

The Ansaris of Panipat held high offices during Muslim rule for several generations. A PORTRAIT OF LUTFULLAH KHAN SADIQ

Lutfullah Khan Sadiq

Shams ud-Daulah Lutfullah Khan Panipati was the wakil of Prince Jahan Shah in Bahadur Shah's time, and deserted him during the War of Succession, gaining the favour of Jahandar Shah. Lutfullah Khan enjoyed the confidence of Farrukhsiyar through flattery, but worked hand in glove with the Sayyid brothers. The Syed brothers considered him to be a source of mischief and deprived him of his rank, and his gardens and mansions were confiscated. As the Mir-i-Saman of Muhammad Shah and later Diwan-i-Khalisa, Lutfullah Khan enjoyed the confidence of the Emperor and enjoyed great influence at court. He succeeded his brother Sher Afgan Khan as governor of

Multan Multan (; ) is a city in Punjab, Pakistan, on the bank of the Chenab River. Multan is Pakistan's seventh largest city as per the 2017 census, and the major cultural, religious and economic centre of southern Punjab. Multan is one of the olde ...

. He was later the governor of

Shahjahanabad Old Delhi or Purani Dilli is an area in the Central Delhi district of Delhi, India. It was founded as a walled city named Shahjahanabad in 1648, when Shah Jahan (the Mughal emperor at the time) decided to shift the Mughal capital from Agra. Th ...

Sher Afgan Khan Panipati

Sher Afgan Khan of Panipat was the governor of Multan in the reign of Muhammad Shah. His son was married to the daughter of the Mughal Grand vizier Turrah Baz Khan, another native of Panipat. At court the Mughal Vizier relied on him to support his own faction at court, which was opposed to Khan-i Dauran, an Indian Muslim from Agra who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Mughal empire.

Zakariya Khan

Zakariya Khan Bahadur Zakariya Khan (died 1745) was the Mughal Empire's subahdar of Lahore Subah from 1726, succeeding his father, Abd al-Samad Khan, in the post. He was descended from the Ansari family of Panipat. He continued and extended his father's policy of sev ...

was a descendant of the Ansaris. Originally governor of Jammu, he took part in the expeditions against the Sikhs. Zakariya Khan was the governor of Lahore at the time of Nader Shah's invasion.

Diler Dil Khan

Moin ud-Daulah Diler Dil Khan, originally Khwaja Abdullah, was the son of Khwaja Abdur Razzaq of Panipat. He is mentioned in the Siyar-ul-Mutahkerin as "Dilere Khan, of Puniput, brother of Zakariah Khan Sadik". He had the mansab of 6000, and was the governor of Thatta and Kabul during the reign of Muhammad Shah. From 1735-1738 , he was governor of Kashmir.

Yahya Khan

Yahya Khan, the son of Zakariya Khan, succeeded his father as governor of Lahore.

References

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