Muqarrab Khan

Muqarrab Khan
Khan Zaman Fath Jang Dakhini
Muqarrab Khan arrested Maratha Emperor Sambhaji at Sangameshwar
Reign1675 - 1689

Muqarrab Khan of Golconda, also known as Khan Zaman Fath Jang Dakhini, was an Indian Deccani Muslim,[1] who was the most experienced commander of Qutb Shahi Dynasty, during the reign of Abul Hasan Qutb Shah.[2] He is known for betraying Abul Hasan Qutb Shah during Siege of Golconda. He arrested Maratha Emperor Sambhaji at Sangameshwar.

Shaikh Nizam Dakhini alias Muqarrab Khan was a political rival of Abul Hasan Qutb Shah's viziers Madanna and Akkanna.[3][4][5] After defeat of Abul Hasan Qutb Shah by Mughals, He able to escaped from battle field by retreating into the Golconda Fort. After the Mughals captured Golconda Fort Muqarrab Khan had become the de facto ruler of Golconda.

  1. ^ Athar Ali (1968). The Mughal Nobility Under Aurangzeb. p. 217.
  2. ^ William Crooke (2017). A New Account of East India and Persia. Being Nine Years' Travels, 1672-1681, by John Fryer: Volumes I-III. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781317187424. Shaikh Nizam (Khanzaman Dakhini) is well known; but he did not leave the Hyderabad and enter the Mogul service until 1687
  3. ^ Index to Punjab Notes and Queries, V. I-III. Asiatic Society of Bengal, Horace Arthur Rose. p. 541. The son of Kahn Zaman, Sheikh Nizam, Dakhin; he was killed in battle on the side of Mubariz Khan
  4. ^ (India), Maharashtra (1972). Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Nanded. p. XVI.
  5. ^ Lal, M. (1988). Aurangzeb. Vikas Pub. House. ISBN 9780706940176.