Adina Beg Khan

Adina Beg Khan
Adina Beg tells his beads, c. 1750
Nawab of Punjab
In office
10 April 1758 – 15 September 1758
MonarchsAlamgir II[a]
Rajaram II[b]
DeputyKhwaja Said Khan
Preceded byOffice established[c]
Succeeded byOffice abolished[d]
Subahdar of Lahore
In office
9 May 1756 – 4 October 1756
MonarchAlamgir II
DeputySayyid Jamal-ud-Din Khan
Preceded byMughlani Begum
Succeeded byKhwaja Abdullah Khan
In office
April 1755 – December 1755
MonarchAlamgir II
DeputySadiq Beg Khan
Preceded byMughlani Begum
Succeeded byMughlani Begum
Subahdar of Multan
In office
9 May 1756 – 4 October 1756
Disputed with Ali Mohammad Khakwani
MonarchAlamgir II
Preceded byAli Mohammad Khakwani
Succeeded byAli Mohammad Khakwani
Other political offices
Nazim of Doaba
In office
May 1757 – November 1757
MonarchAlamgir II
GovernorMughlani Begum
Jahan Khan
DeputySadiq Beg Khan
Preceded byMughlani Begum
Succeeded bySarfaraz Khan
In office
12 April 1755 – November 1756
MonarchAlamgir II
DeputySadiq Beg Khan
Preceded byShah Nawaz Khan
Succeeded byMughlani Begum
In office
1739–1740
MonarchMuhammad Shah
GovernorZakariya Khan
DeputyNidhan Singh
Succeeded byShah Nawaz Khan
Faujdar of Sirhind
In office
11 April 1755 – November 1757
MonarchAlamgir II
GovernorMughlani Begum
DeputySadiq Beg Khan
Succeeded byAbdul Samad Khan
Naib Nazim of Doaba
In office
1740 – 11 January 1748
MonarchMuhammad Shah
GovernorShah Nawaz Khan
Preceded byNidhan Singh
Faujdar of Sultanpur
In office
1739–1740
MonarchMuhammad Shah
GovernorShah Nawaz Khan
Succeeded byOffice merged with the Nazim of Doaba
Personal details
Born
Dina Baig Mughal

1710
Died15 September 1758
(aged 48)
Cause of deathBiliary colic
Resting placeMuslim Cemetry, Khanpur, Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India
31°32′44″N 75°54′48″E / 31.545594°N 75.913260°E / 31.545594; 75.913260
RelationsMughal Community
Children2
Parent
  • Barlas Mughal (father)
Residences
Alma materDarul uloom
Profession
  • Soldier
  • accountant
  • statesman
  • politician
ReligionSunni Islam (Hanafi)
NicknameNawab Sahib
Military service
Allegiance Mughal Empire
Branch/service
Years of service1730–1758
RankSepoy
Faujdar
Subedar
Commands
See list
Battles/wars
See list

Adina Beg Khan[e] (c. 1710 – 15 September 1758; born Dīnā beg)[1][2] was a general, administrator, and statesman from the Punjab region who served as the Nawab of Punjab from April 1758 until his death in September of the same year.[3][4] He began his career as a patwari (accountant) and later as a sepoy after joining the Mughal army, eventually drawing the attention of the Punjabi nobles.[5] After serving through various posts in Punjab, he was recognised as the Nawab by Emperor Alamgir II during the power vacuum in 1758, earning the title Zafar Jang Bahadur.[6]

Though illiterate, Adina Beg served as the Faujdar of Sultanpur and Sirhind, Nazim of Doaba and, later, the Subahdar of the provinces of Lahore and Multan.[7][8] He joined hands with the Sikh leader Jassa Singh Ahluwalia and the Marathas in defeating the Afghans.[9][10] Despite his short reign, Adina Beg's rule has often been compared with that of his ideological aftercomer Ranjit Singh by modern historians.[11]


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  6. ^ Syed, Muzaffar H. Syed; Kumar, Anil; Usmani, B. D.; Gupta, Pramod (2022). History of Indian Nation : Medieval India. K. K. Publications. p. 194. ISBN 978-8178441580.
  7. ^ Gandhi, Rajmohan (6–10 December 2013). Clash versus Commonsense. Fourth THAAP Conference 2013: 'Cultural Roots of Art and Architecture of the Punjab'. Trust for History, Arts and Architecture of Pakistan (THAAP). Lahore.
  8. ^ Gupta 1940, p. 49–50.
  9. ^ Gupta 1940, p. 56.
  10. ^ Mehta 2005, pp. 236, 260.
  11. ^ Newspaper, From the (5 December 2013). "Indian professor goes down the 'history lane'". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2 November 2024.