Hussain Ali Khan Barha

Hussain Ali Khan Barha
Subahdar of Aurangabad
Subahdar of Multan
Faujdar of Ranthambore
Subahdar of Bihar
Faujdar of Hindaun-Bayana
Umdat-ul-mulk, Amir-ul-Umara, Bahadur, Feroze Jung, Sipah Sardar, Mir Bakhshi
A portfolio of Hussain Ali Khan. The Nastaliq script read: Amir al Umara, Nawab Sayyid Hussain Ali Khan Sakin Barha.
Amir-ul-Umara Sayyid Hussain Ali Khan
Nawab of Aurangabad
Under nominal Mughal suzerainty1715 – 8 October 1720
PredecessorDianat Khan
SuccessorNizam ul-Mulk
BornHussain Ali Khan
1666
Jansath
Died8 October 1720(1720-10-08) (aged 53–54)
Burial
Maqbara of Sayyid Mian, Ajmer
Names
Umdat Al Mulk, Amir Al Umara, Nawab Sayyid Hussain Ali Khan Sakin Barha
Regnal name
Umdat Al Mulk
HouseBarha
FatherSayyid Mian Abdullah Khan I
ReligionIslam
OccupationCommander of Mughal Forces

Nawab Sayyid Hussain Ali Khan Barha (1666 – 8 October 1720), officially Itisham-ul-Mulk,[1] was a kingmaker of the later Mughal Period. Best known for ordering the death of the Emperor Farrukhsiyar largely in attempt to halt the numerous assaination attempts that the latter had ordered against him and his brother Abdullah Khan Barha. Hussain Ali Khan rose as a kingmaker in early 18th century India, when he was concurrently the governor of Ajmer and Aurangabad in the Deccan.[2]

Both Hussain Ali Khan and his brother, Abdullah Khan II, had a hand in the installation or deposition (or both installation and deposition) of several emperors to the throne at Delhi, including: Bahadur Shah I,[3] Jahandar Shah,[4] Farrukhsiyar, Rafi ud Darajat, Shah Jahan II,[5] Ibrahim[6] and Muhammad Shah.[7] and eventually became de facto rulers of the sub-continent by the early 18th century, at a time when India's economy was the largest in the world.[8]

  1. ^ David Ross (1883). The land of the five rivers and Sindh. Chapman and Hall.
  2. ^ Irvine, William. The Later Mughals. p. 34 (Vol.2). ISBN 9649700471.
  3. ^ Irvine, William (August 2012). The Later Mughals. p. 204. ISBN 978-1290917766.
  4. ^ Irvine, William (2006). The later Mughals. Low Price Publications. p. 205. ISBN 8175364068.
  5. ^ Kazim, Sayyid Ali. A critical study of the role and achievements of Sayyid brothers (Report). p. 1. hdl:10603/57016.
  6. ^ "Past Present: King Makers". November 2009.
  7. ^ "List Of Rulers Of South Asia". www.metmuseum.org.
  8. ^ The world economy : historical statistics. Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 25 September 2003. ISBN 978-92-64-10414-3.

Developed by StudentB