Kilich Khan

Kilich Khan Bahadur
کلیچ خان بہادر
Azim Khan
Kilich Khan
Bahadur
Nawab
Quran-i-Habib
Kilich Khan
Governor of Ajmer
Governorship1667 – 1672
Governor of Multan
Governorship1672 – 1676
Amir-i-Haj
Governorship1676 – 1680
Sadar-i-Qul
Governorship1681 – 1685
Military Commander of Zafarabad
Command1686 – 1687
(Great Padishah)Shah Jahan
(1655 – 1658)
Alamgir I
(1658 – 1691)
Born17th Century
Adilabad Samarqand Khanate of Bukhara (present day Uzbekistan)
Died1687 AD
Hyderabad, Deccan, Mughal Empire (present day Hyderabad, Telangana, India)
ChildrenGhazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung I
Names
Nawab Khawaja Abid Siddiqi Kilich Khan ibn Khawaja Ismail Khan
HouseQuraish
FatherKhawaja Ismail Khan
ReligionSunni Islam

Khawaja Abid Khan Siddiqi (b. 17th Century – 1687 d.), or Nawab Khawaja Abid Siddiqi, better known as Kilich Khan, was a Nawab and military general under Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. He was a loyal general of the Mughal Empire. He was the father of the Mughal general Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung I and the grandfather of Mir Qamar-ud-din Siddiqi, Asaf Jah I.[1] Kilich Khan was a descendant of Abu Bakr, first Rashidun caliph.[2]

  1. ^ Hyderabad Affairs. Talbot Bros. 1883.
  2. ^ Timothy Venning. A Compendium of World Sovereigns: Volume III Early Modern (ebook). Taylor & Francis. p. 48. ISBN 9781000864526. Retrieved 3 March 2024.