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Azim Khan Koka
(–1678)
Other Titles
Fidai Khan
Positions Held
Subedar of Bengal 1678†
Subedar of Kabul 1674
Subedar of Lahore 1670
Subedar of Awadh 1668
Darogha-i Topkhana 1661-62 and 1663-64
Faujdar of Gorakhpur 1659 and 1660-61
Faujdar of Awadh 1659 and 1660
Faujdar of Miyan-i Doab 1658
Darogha-i Gurzbardaran 1656-57
Bakhshi of Kabul 1651-52
Bakhshi of Ahdis 1650
Mir Tuzuk 1649-50, 1651-52, and 1655-56
Kotwal 1647-48
Biographical
He was subedar of Bengal for a whole year, and died on his way to Behar. He held the following ranks: 700/200 in 1647/48; 1000/400 in 1651/52; 1000/500 in 1651/52; 1500/600 in 1655/56; 1500/800 in 1656/57; 3000/2000 in 1661; 3500/2000 in 1662; 3500/2300 in 1663; 4000/2300 in 1663; 4000/2500 in 1665; 4000/4000 in 1667.
Sources
1. H.G. Keene. An Oriental Biographical Dictionary Founded on Materials Collected by Thomas William Beale. London: W. H. Allen & Co., Limited, 1894.
2. Muhammad Afzal Khan, 1987. Iranian Nobility Under Shahjahan and Aurangzeb. Thesis. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.
3. R.M. Eaton. The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204–1760. Berkeley; Los Angeles; London: University of California Press, 1993.