Zakariya Khan Bahadur
Zakariya Khan(d.1745) was the Mughal Empire's viceroy of Lahore from 1726, succeeding his father, Abd al-Samad Khan, in the post. He was descended from the Ansari family of Panipat.[2] 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.[3][4]
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 |
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.[5] He continued the prosecution of Sikhs and appointed Salabat Khan to block Amritsar and not allowing Sikhs to worship there. Salabat Khan was killed in an encounter with Jassa Singh Ahluwalia and Sikhs liberated Amritsar in March 1748.[6]
In popular culture
- Zakariya Khan is portrayed by Shaikh Sami in the DD National series Maharaja Ranjit Singh
See also
- Farrukhsiyar
- Massa Ranghar
- Jaspat Rai
- Salabat Khan[7]
References
- Singha, H.S. (1 January 2005), Sikh Studies, Book 6, Hemkunt Press, ISBN 978-81-7010-258-8
- 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
- bahādur.), Muḥammad Laṭīf (Saiyid, khān (1891). History of the Panjáb from the Remotest Antiquity to the Present Time. Calcutta Central Press Company, limited.
- Singha, Dr H. S. (2005). Sikh Studies. Hemkunt Press. ISBN 9788170102588.
- Singha, Dr H. S. (2005). Sikh Studies. Hemkunt Press. ISBN 9788170102588.