Zakariyyā Khān زکریا خان Bahadur | |
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_of_Lahore_subah_(province)_resting,_detail_from_a_19th_century_Sikh_drawing.jpg) Detail of Zakariya Khan Bahadur leisuring from a 19th century Sikh drawing | |
| Subahdār of Lahore | |
| In office 1726 – 1 July 1745 | |
| Monarch | Muhammad Shāh |
| Preceded by | Abd al-Samād Khān |
| Succeeded by | Yahyā Khān |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1 July 1745 Lahore Subah |
| Children | Yahyā Khān Shāh Nawāz Khān |
| Parent | Abd al-Samād Khān |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Mughal Empire |
| Branch/service | Mughal Army |
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Zakariya Khan (died 1 July 1745), alternatively spelt as Zakaria Khan, was a Muslim and the Mughal Empire's subahdar of the Lahore Subah from 1726 to 1745 till death, succeeding his father, Abd al-Samad Khan, in the post.
He was descended from the Ansari family of Panipat.[1] He continued and extended his father's policy of severe persecution of Sikhs, and thousands of Sikhs were killed during his period in the post, especially during the Chhota Ghallughara.[2][3]
- ^ Charles Francis Massy (1890). Chiefs and Families of Note in the Delhi, Jalandhar, Peshawar and Derajat Divisions of the Panjab. Pioneer Press.
- ^ The advanced study in history of the Punjab: Volume 1; G. S. Chhabra (1968), p 346
- ^ Punjab district gazetteers, Volume 9, 1987, p 72