Zakariya Khan Bahadur
Zakariya Khan Bahadur | |
|---|---|
| Died | 1745[1] |
| Father | Abd-al-Samad Khan |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Mughal Empire |
| Service | Subedar of Punjab |
| Rank | Wali, Faujdar, Ispahsalar, Subedar |
| Battles / wars | Mughal-Sikh Wars, Nader Shah's invasion of the Mughal Empire |
Zakariya Khan Bahadur (d.1745) was the Mughal Empire's viceroy of Lahore from 1726, succeeding his father, Abdus Samad Khan Bahadur, in the post. 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 Sikh holocaust of 1746.[2][3]
Khan was given control of Lahore by Persian Emperor Nader Shah during his invasion of the Mughal Empire in 1738 in return for annual tribute payments to the Persian crown.[4]
In popular culture
- Zakariya Khan is portrayed by Shaikh Sami in the DD National series Maharaja Ranjit Singh
See also
References
- ^ Singha, H.S. (1 January 2005), Sikh Studies, Book 6, Hemkunt Press, ISBN 978-81-7010-258-8
- ^ The advanced study in history of the Punjab: Volume 1; G. S. Chhabra (1968), p 346
- ^ Punjab district gazetteers, Volume 9, 1987, p 72
- ^ bahādur.), Muḥammad Laṭīf (Saiyid, khān (1891). History of the Panjáb from the Remotest Antiquity to the Present Time. Calcutta Central Press Company, limited.
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