19 Facts About Najib ad-Dawlah

Najib ad-Dawlah, known as, was an Afghan Yousafzai Rohilla who earlier served as a Mughal serviceman but later deserted the cause of the Mughals and joined Ahmad Shah Abdali in 1757 in his attack on Delhi.

Najib ad-Dawlah was a House Chief of Rohilkhand, and in the 1740s founded the city of Najibabad in Bijnor, India.

Najib ad-Dawlah was instrumental in winning the Third Battle of Panipat and has been regarded as one of the greatest generals of India in the 18th century.

Najib ad-Dawlah began his career in 1743 as an immigrant from Maneri, Swabi as a soldier.

Najib ad-Dawlah was an employee of Imad-ul-Mulk but got alerte from going influence of Marhattas and by advise of Shah Waliullah, he invited Ahmad Shah Abdali in 1757 to attack on Delhi and secure the Muslims place in India.

Najib ad-Dawlah was then appointed as Mir Bakhshi of the Mughal emperor by Abdali.

Najib ad-Dawlah migrated from Nazar Khel village, now in the Swabi district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

Najib ad-Dawlah migrated in 1739 to join his uncle Bisharat Khan, who had settled with his families of Pakhtuns at Bisharatnagar, near Rampur.

In 1757, Najib ad-Dawlah, who was then the governor of Saharanpur under Mughal Empire, invaded the city of Dehradun, with his army of Rohillas, and ruled the area for the next decade.

Najib ad-Dawlah's rule was known for its administration, and development of land resources, leading to widespread development and prosperity in the area, with emphasis on agriculture and irrigation.

Najib ad-Dawlah had become the de facto ruler of Delhi, while the Mughal emperor was left with no actual power.

Najib ad-Dawlah's forces had to clash with the advancing Marathas in Delhi in the Battle of Delhi.

Najib ad-Dawlah Khan was clever enough to understand the changed realities after Panipat.

Najib ad-Dawlah provided, Ahmad Shah Durrani, with 40,000 Rohilla troops and 70 guns to the combined forces.

Najib ad-Dawlah convinced Shuja-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Oudh, to join Ahmad Shah Abdali's forces against the Marathas.

Najib ad-Dawlah Khan was a Pashtun soldier of fortune; he attained the hand of the daughter of Dunde Khan Barech, one of the chieftains of the Rohilkhand Pathans.

Najib ad-Dawlah ruled the dwindled Empire for nine years, and died a peaceful death, leaving his charge in an improved and strengthened condition, ready for its lawful monarch.

Najib ad-Dawlah's cemetery is still in present day, Najibabad, where the Pathargarh Fort still exists.

Marathas destroyed the grave of Najib ad-Dawlah and scattered his bones.