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Najib ad-Dawlah
Najib-ud-Daula | |
|---|---|
| Nawab Mir Bakhshi Mukhtar Khas "Excellence of the State" "Noble one of the State" | |
 Equestrian painting of Nawab Najib-ud-Daula, circa 18th century | |
| Commander-in-Chief of The Mughal Empire | |
| Office holding | 1756 – 1759 |
| Successor | Mirza Najaf Khan |
| Padishah | Alamgir II |
| Years active | 1740 – 1770 (30 years) |
| Born | c. 1707–1708 Nazaŕ Khēl, Kabul Subah (present-day Swabi District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) |
| Died | 30 October 1770 |
| Children | Zabita Khan |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | .svg){kind=small} Mughal Empire(Mir Bakhshi of Alamgir II) Mughal Empire(in service of Shah Alam II)  Durrani Empire |
| Service | Mughal Army 
Kingdom of Rohilkhand |
| Rank | Ispahsalar, Plenipotentiary |
| Battles / wars | Mughal-Maratha Wars Third Battle of Panipat Capture of Agra Fort Battle of Delhi (1764) |
Najib ad-Dawlah (Pashto: نجيب الدوله), also known as Najib Khan Yousafzai (Pashto: نجيب خان), 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. He was also a House Chief of Rohilkhand, and in the 1740s founded the city of Najibabad in Bijnor, India. He 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.[1]
He began his career in 1743 as an immigrant from Maneri, Swabi (of the Umarkhel subbranch of Mandanr Yousafzais) as a soldier. He 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. He was then appointed as Mir Bakhshi of the Mughal emperor by Abdali. Later in his career he was known as Najib ad-Dawlah, Amir al-Umra, Shuja ad-Dawlah.[2] From 1757 to 1770, he was governor of Saharanpur, ruling over Dehradun. Many architectural relics of the period of Rohilla, the remains in Najibabad, were overseen by him, which he founded at the height of his career as a Mughal minister.[3]
- ^ Sarkar, Jadunath (1932) Fall of the Mughal Empire
- ^ History of Etawah Etawah Official website.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 156..
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