1. Mahabat Khan, born Zamana Beg, was a prominent Mughal general and statesman, perhaps best known for his coup against the Mughal Emperor Jahangir in 1626.
14 Facts About Mahabat Khan
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Mahabat Khan earned the title Khan-i-Khanan from emperor Shah Jahan.
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Mahabat Khan began his military career in the personal forces of Crown Prince Salim.
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Mahabat Khan led Salim's army during the Rajputana campaign in Mewar.
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Mahabat Khan was gifted a concubine from Mewar; she died in childbirth.
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Mahabat Khan rose to prominence in 1623, when he was made commander of the Mughal forces sent to defeat the unsuccessful rebellion of Prince Khurram in the Deccan.
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Empress Nur Jahan was especially concerned, and in an effort to curb Mahabat Khan's rising power, she arranged to have him made governor of Bengal, a province far removed from the Mughal capital at Lahore.
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Mahabat Khan had brought the wives and families of many of them, so that, if driven to extremity, they would fight to the last for the lives and honour of themselves and their families [1].
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Mahabat Khan declared himself emperor of India at Kabul, however his success was short-lived.
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Mahabat Khan surrendered herself to Mahabat Khan, and once reunited with her husband, put her plan into action.
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Mahabat Khan had Jahangir convince Mahabat Khan that he was satisfied with the current arrangement, as it had freed him from her clutches.
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Mahabat Khan believed that he had won over the former emperor, failing to realise that Jahangir was in fact siding with Nur Jahan.
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Mahabat Khan was later appointed governor of the Deccan, and successfully commanded the siege of Daulatabad in 1633.
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Mahabat Khan's body was carried back to Delhi, where he was buried on the ground of the shrine of Qadam Sharif.