Muqarrab Khan
| Muqarrab Khan | |
|---|---|
| Khan Zaman Fath Jang Dakhini Sheikh Nizam | |
 Muqarrab Khan arrested Maratha chief Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj at Sangameshwar by help of traitors in Maratha Empire. | |
| Reign | 1675 - 1689 |
Muqarrab Khan of Golconda, also known as Khan Zaman Fath Jang Dakhini, was an Indian Deccani Muslim military personnel,[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 the Siege of Golconda. He arrested Maratha Emperor Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj at Sangameshwar with the help of traitors in Maratha Empire.
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.
Mughal service
Defection to the Mughal Empire
Before Alamgir and his forces initiated the Siege of Golconda, Muqarrab Khan, the most experienced commander in Golconda, defected to the Mughals. Muqarrab Khan and his forces proved their fighting experience and worth against the Marathas when he led a contingent that eventually captured Sambhaji, the king of the Marathas at Sangameshwar and brought him to Alamgir.
Capture of Sambhaji Maharaj
Sambhaji and his men were captured by Muqarrab Khan and his Mughal contingent of 25,000 soldiers. Sambhaji was presented before the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Sambhaji dared Aurangzeb in open court and flatly refused to surrender the Maratha kingdom. He was then brutally tortured and eventually put to death. However Sambhaji's death ignited the flame of Maratha resistance which continued under Rajaram and Tarabai. Aurangzeb died in Deccan in 1707
See also
References
- ^ Athar Ali (1968). The Mughal Nobility Under Aurangzeb. p. 217.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ (India), Maharashtra (1972). Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Nanded. p. XVI.
- ^ Lal, M. (1988). Aurangzeb. Vikas Pub. House. ISBN 9780706940176.