Muhammad Yar Khan of Bareilly

Nawab Sayyid Muhammad Yar Khan Bahadur Rohilla (died 23 April 1774)[1] was the fourth son of Nawab Ali Muhammad Khan and upon the division of his father's realms he was made the Nawab of Bareilly.[2][3]

Nawab Sayyid Muhammad Yar Khan Bahadur Rohilla
Nawab Of Bareilly
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Nawab of Bareilly
PredecessorAli Mohammad khan
RegentHafiz Rehmat Khan
Died1774
Full name
Nawab Sayyid Muhammad Yar Khan Bahadur Rohilla
HouseRohilla (by Adoption)
Barha
FatherAli Mohammad Khan
MotherLado Begum
ReligionIslam

Life

On his deathbed, his father Ali Mohammad Khan Rohilla made his ministers swear oaths on the Quran to respect his will and to act as protectors of his children until they reached maturity. He appointed Hafiz Rehmat Khan as regent of Rohilkhand until then. However the ministers and regent all reneged on their promises. In 1754 they orchestrated an argument within the royal family and used it as a pretext to usurp the power and wealth of the orphans. Disgusted, he along with his older brother Abdullah Khan and younger Allah Yar Khan left for Oojanee.[4]

He was killed while fighting the British in the First Rohilla War.

References
  1. Khan, Mohammad Najmul Ghani (1918). Akhbar-us-Sanadeed, Vol. 1. Lucknow: Munshi Nawal Kishore. p. 599.
  2. Hamilton, Charles. An Historical Relation of the rise and fall of the Rohilla Afghan in the Northen Provinces of India. p. 90.
  3. Strachey, Sir John (1892). Warren Hastings and the Rohillas. p. 19.
  4. Hamilton, Charles. An Historical Relation of the rise and fall of the Rohilla Afghan in the Northen Provinces of India. p. 93.
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