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Most of Rohilkhand's borders were established by Ali Mohammed Khan and largely came into existence as a check to the power of Oudh State and in that capacity, Nawab Ali Mohammed was supported by the Wazir al Mulk, Qamarudin Khan. Nonetheless, the state grew far more influential with its borders extending to the boundaries of Delhi and Agra.
The Rohilla dynasty was a dynasty that ruled over much of North-West Uttar Pradesh in the form of Rohilkhand [1] [2] and later until 1947, the Princely state of Rampur.At the height of their power the dynasty ruled over the Kingdom of Rohilkhand and held suzairnty over the Kingdom of Kumaon and Kingdom of Garhwhal.
Rohilkhand means "the land of the Rohilla" a branch of rajput.The term Rohilla first became common in the 17th century, with Rohilla used to refer to the people coming from the land of Roh which is a corruption of Koh meaning mountains (i.e. Kohistan in Persian), which was originally a geographical term that corresponded with the territory from Swat and Bajaur in the north to Sibi in the south ...
The First Rohilla War of 1773–1774 was a punitive campaign by Shuja-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh on the behalf of Mughal Emperor, against the Rohillas, Indian descendants of Afghan highlanders settled in Rohilkhand, [1] northern India. The Nawab was supported by troops of the British East India Company, in a successful campaign brought about by ...
Nawab Muhammad Khan Bangash, ca 1730, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. While most of Rohilkhand was annexed, the Rohilla State of Rampur was established by Nawab Faizullah Khan on 7 October 1774 in the presence of Colonel Alexander Champion, and remained a compliant state under British protection thereafter. The first stone of the new ...
Nawab Faizullah Ali Khan (c. 1730 – 17 July 1794) [1] was the first Nawab of Rampur. [2] The princely state of Rampur was set up in year 1774, after the First Rohilla War , by the dismemberment of the Rohilla Kingdom of Rohilkhand .
Ali Muhammad Khan (c. 1707 – 15 September 1748) was a Rohilla chief who founded the Kingdom of Rohilkhand in the northwestern region of the Uttar Pradesh state of India.He succeeded his foster father Sardar Daud Khan Rohilla at the age of fourteen and was generally regarded as a non-oppressive ruler to the masses. [2]
In 1805 during the siege of Bharatpur by British forces, the Maratha empire's general Yashwantrao Holkar tried to create a diversion by creating disturbance in Rohilkhand. He chose Amir Khan from Sambhal (who later became the Nawab of Tonk) for the task. Amir Khan's grandfather and father had served Ali Mohammed and Dunde Khan, respectively.