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| name = Abd al-Samad Khan<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abd-al-Samad-Khan|title=ʿAbd al- Ṣamad Khan &#124; Mughal governor}}</ref><br />
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| death_date = 1737<ref> {{citation|first=H.S.|last= Singha|title=Sikh Studies, Book 6|date=1 January 2005|publisher=Hemkunt Press|isbn=978-81-7010-258-8|ref={{harvid|Singha}} }}</ref><br />
| module = {{Infobox military person<br />
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| allegiance = [[Mughal Empire]] <br />
| branch = '''[[Subedar]] of [[Punjab]]''' <br />
| rank = [[Wali]], [[Faujdar]], [[Ispahsalar]], [[Subedar]] <br />
| battles = [[Mughal-Sikh Wars]], [[Nader Shah's invasion of the Mughal Empire]]<br />
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| religion = [[Sunni Islam]]<br />
| Daughter = [[Sharaf un Nisa]]<br />
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'''Abd al-Samad Khan ([[Urdu]]) عبدالصمد خان''' (died 1737) was the [[Mughal Empire]]'s viceroy of [[Lahore]] [[Punjab]] from 1713 to 1726 appointed by Mughal king [[Farrukhsiyar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Abd_Us_Samad_Khan|title = Abd Us Samad Khan - SikhiWiki, free Sikh encyclopedia}}</ref> He was descended from the Ansari family of Panipat.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=QPcYAQAAIAAJ&q=panipat+ansari+family&pg=PA203 |title= Chiefs and Families of Note in the Delhi, Jalandhar, Peshawar and Derajat Divisions of the Panjab |author= Charles Francis Massy |publisher= Pioneer Press |date= 1890 }}</ref><br />
He was succeeded by governor of Punjab by His son [[Zakariya Khan Bahadur]].He was also have one daughter [[Sharaf un Nisa]].<br />
[[File:Abd al-Samad Khan received by Jahandar Shah.jpg|thumb|[[Mughal Army]] commander Abd al-Samad Khan received by emperor [[Jahandar Shah]].]]<br />
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==Wars==<br />
During his region he fought many wars with Sikh army and captured [[Banda Singh Bahadur]] in famous [[Battle of Gurdas Nangal]]<br />
In March 1715, the army under the rule of Abd al-Samad Khan,<ref>{{cite book|last=Jawandha|first=Nahar|title=Glimpses of Sikhism|year=2010|publisher=Sanbun Publishers|location=New Delhi|isbn=9789380213255|page=82}}</ref> the Mughal governor of Lahore, drove Banda Bahadur and the Sikh forces into the village of Gurdas Nangal, [[Gurdaspur]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and laid siege to the village.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pletcher|first=Kenneth|title=The History of India|year=2010|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group|isbn=9781615302017|page=200}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Hoiberg|first=Dale|title=Students' Britannica India, Volumes 1-5|year=2000|publisher=Popular Prakashan|location=New Delhi|isbn=9780852297605|page=157}}</ref> but on 7 December 1715 the Mughals broke into the garrison and captured Banda Singh and his companions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.singhsabhacanada.com/?p=415|title=Banda Singh Bahadar – Bandai or Tatt Khalsa?|date=2 February 2011|newspaper=Singh Sabha Canada|accessdate=26 December 2016}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Farrukhsiyar]]<br />
*[[Massa Ranghar]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Mughal nobility]]<br />
[[Category:History of Lahore]]<br />
[[Category:18th-century viceregal rulers]]<br />
[[Category:1737 deaths]]<br />
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