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Faizullah
Khan
Positions Held
Akhta Begi
Biographical
Faizullah Khan was the son of Zahid Khan Koka. He was 10 years old when
his father died, and was brought up under the care of Shah Jahan, who
in the 24th year of his reign conferred upon him the title of Khan and
raised his rank to 2,000 zat and 1,000 sawars. In the 31st year of Shah
Jahan’s reign he was appointed to the post of Akhta Begi.
By 'Ali Mardan Khan's
daughter, he had Muhammad Afzal whose daughter married
Azim-ush-shan, Hidayatullah
Khan (diwan
of Khalsa and Tan; then
appointed chief diwan; Wazarat Khan, 1711; afterwards Sadullah Khan and
Khan-saman), eldest son of 'Inayatullah Khan Kashmiri (Khan-saman).
Sources
1. Aqil Khan Razi; Khan Bahadur Maulvi Haji Zafar Hasan. The Waqiat-i-Alamgiri of Aqil Khan Razi. Delhi: Aligarh Historical Institute, 1946.
2. Muhammad Afzal Khan, 1987. Iranian Nobility Under Shahjahan and Aurangzeb. Thesis. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
3. W. Irvine. Later Mughals., vols. 1 & 2. New Delhi: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, 1991.
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