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'''Ferozepur Jhirka''', also known as '''Ferojpur Jhirka''', is a town in [[Nuh district]] in the state of [[Haryana]], [[India]].

==History==

'''Ferozepur Jhirka''' was founded in 1419 by Wali (patriarch) of [[Mewat State|Mewat]] [[Khanzada Feroz Khan]] of [[Khanzada Rajput]] ancestry, who styled himself as "Raja" (King).

===Mughal Era===
Choudry Mohammad Hayat Khan Numberdar and his brother Choudry Burkat Ullah Khan Khanzada were landlord zamidar in Ferozepur Jhirka. Abu Mohammad along with Makhdoom Tahir (from Jhumrawat) turned this into larger [[estate (land)|estate]] (riyasat). [[Qazi Ghulam Mustafa]] from Ferozepur Jhirka, and who was honoured By [[Bahadur Shah I]] was close relative to these two and he was married to Bibi Rasti (died [[Dhu al-Qi'dah]] 1147 AH / 1734 AD), the daughter of [[Qazi Syed Rafi Mohammad]].

[[Khan Zaman Khan Ali Asghar]], who built the '''Ferozepur Jhirka Fort''' was a courtier of mughal emperor [[Farrukhsiyar]] of Delhi. He was the son of Bibi Rasti and Nawab Kar Talab Khan Qazi Ghulam Mustafa. He was Panj Hazari [[Mansabdar]] [[Emir]] (a courtier with a military rank of officer-in-charge of 5000 horses) and was posted first as [[Faujdar]] at Moazzam Abad ([[Sargodha]]), later as ''Khidmat Daroghi Topkhana'' (incharge of armory [[Armory (military)]] store) at [[Multan]]; Naib [[Subahdar]] at [[Azimabad]] ([[Patna]]), and then [[Subahdar]] at [[Awadh]] during the reigns of [[Farrukhsiyar]] to [[Muhammad Shah]].<ref>Tazkirat us-Salatin Chaghta – A Mughal Chronicle of Post Aurangzeb Period (1707-1724) by Muhammad Hadi Kamwar Khan; edited Persian text and with an Introduction by Muzaffar Alam (1980), Centre Of Advanced Study Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (U.P.) -202001, India</ref> He died in [[Shahjahanbad]] (Delhi) on 4 [[Dhu al-Hijjah]] 1155 AH (1742 CE). ''Nazim khan'' son of ''Hasan Mohm'' [[Islam Khan V]], who belonged to Ferozepur Jhirka, was also a close relative of [[Qazi Ghulam Mustafa]].

This princely state was abolished by the [[British Raj]] in 1858 after the [[Rebellion of 1857]].

=== Lesser Balochistan ===
The 1828 CE [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]] of [[East India Company]] refers to this area as '''Lesser Balochistan''', a likely reference to arrival of people from [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]] during Lodhi era who might have been the rulers of Ferozepur Jhirka area from Lodhi era onward. They likely built the [[Taoru|Taoru Tomb complex]] during the successive dynasties. The largests tomb belongs to a Baloch.<ref name=tautrib1>lalit Mohan, [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020223/windows/site.htm "The timeless tombs of Tauru."], [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]], 23 Feb 2002.</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">[https://www.delhipedia.com/home/Article/----Known%20Monuments/Tombs-in-Tauru---A-Small-Dusty-Town-e6a28240 "Tombs in Tauru - A Small Dusty Town."Tombs in Tauru - A Small Dusty Town], [https://www.delhipedia.com Delhipedia].</ref>

=== District reorganisation ===
Previously Ferozepur Jhirka was part of district [[Gurgaon district|Gurgaon]], but through gazette notification of Haryana government on 4 April 2005 it became part of Nuh district. Since then it has been sub-division of Nuh district.

==Demographics==

The area is dominated by Hindus. It was earlier in the Gurgaon district but was later moved to the Mewat district.<ref>https://www.latestly.com/india/politics/ferozepur-jhirka-vidhan-sabha-constituency-in-haryana-sitting-mla-candidates-for-assembly-elections-2019-results-and-winners-1260900.html</ref> Ferozepur Jhirka constituency has 80% Hindus and 20% Meo Muslims.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/muslim-candidates-could-split-mewat-votes-dash-congress-hopes/articleshow/69016258.cms</ref>

{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Ferozepur Jhirka had a population of 17,751. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Ferozepur Jhirka has an average literacy rate of 59.5%: male literacy is 70% and female literacy is 80%. In Ferozepur Jhirka, 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.

<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=MdHkAAAAMAAJ&q=Ferozepur+Jhirka+ahir&dq=Ferozepur+Jhirka+ahir |title = Resource Planning Atlas: South and southwestern Haryana|isbn = 9788185135731|last1 = Ojha|first1 = Brahm Swarup|last2 = Singh|first2 = Jasbir|last3 = Planning Dept|first3 = Haryana (India)|year = 1993}}</ref> are Dominant in Ferozepur Jhirka .

== See also ==
* [[Pinangwan]]
* [[Gurgaon]]
* [[Haryana]]
* [[Yaduvanshi Ahirs]]
* [[Jhirkeshwar mahadev]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Nuh district]]
[[Category:People from Ferozepur Jhirka]]

Ferozepur Jhirka - Revision history

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