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{{Short description|Meerut-based Punjabi Muslim family}}
'''Kamboh Nawabs of Meerut''' were an influential family based in [[Meerut Division|Meerut]] during the [[Mughal period|Mughal]] and [[British Raj|British colonial]] period.

==History==
[[File:Abu's Tomb, Merat.jpeg|thumb|right|Tomb of [[Nawab Khair Andesh Khan|Abu Muhammed Khan Kamboh]], the Nawab of Meerut and a minister at the court of [[Aurangzeb]], constructed in 1688.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ameer |first=Sabine |last2=Umair |first2=Shah |last3=Ahmad |first3=Ameer |date=27 August 2023 |title=Fading Legacy of Abu ka Maqbara: A Space of Resistance During the 1857 Uprising |url=https://www.thequint.com/opinion/fading-legacy-of-abu-ka-maqbara-a-space-of-resistance-during-the-1857-uprising |access-date=1 August 2024 |website=[[The Quint]] |language=en}}</ref> Painting by [[Thomas Colman Dibdin|T. C. Dibdin]], {{circa|1850}}.]]
The [[Kamboh]] Nawabs of Meerut trace their ancestry from [[Shahbaz Khan Kamboh]] ({{circa|1529}}–1599), a prominent [[Punjabi Muslim]] noble in the court of [[Akbar]], through Nawab Mohabbat Khan Kamboh who is credited with the construction of [[Mohabbat Khan Mosque]] in [[Peshawar]].<ref>Qaisar, Ahsan Jan (1969), "Shahbaz Khan Kambu". ''Medieval India: A Miscellany'', Vol. I. Aligarh Muslim University, pp. 48–49 {{OCLC|656134323}}</ref>{{sfnp|Ahmed|Goswami|2022}} His son Nawab [[Nawab Khair Andesh Khan|Muhammed Khan]], the progenitor of the family, arrived to the region as ''[[Faujdar]]'' of [[Etawah]] in the 17th century. He flourished during the eras of [[Aurangzeb]] and [[Bahadur Shah I]], and fortified Meerut in {{circa|1696}}. After his death in 1710, he was succeeded by Muhammed Fazel Khan and grandson Muhammed Masih Khan.{{sfnp|Ahmed|Goswami|2022}}

The family had been firmly established in the cities of [[Marehra]], [[Amroha]], [[Bareilly]] and Meerut in [[western UP]] by the 18th century, and was disassociated with their kins in Punjab.{{sfnp|Lelyveld|1975}} It remained prominent after the decline of Mughal power well into the British colonial period, with the politics of Meerut being dominated by the Kamboh Nawabs until 1947.<ref>{{Cite book
| title=Leadership and local politics : a study of Meerut District in Uttar Pradesh, 1923–1973
| last=Jha |first= Shree Nagesh
| year=1979
| publisher=Popular Prakashan
| language=English
| url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1338028
| access-date=
| via= |pages=41–43
|OCLC=1404080683
}}</ref> Several of its members played an active role in the [[Aligarh Movement|Aligarh]] and [[Pakistan Movement]]s, including [[Muhammad Yamin Khan]], Nawab [[Viqar-ul-Mulk]] and his nephew, [[Ziauddin Ahmad]].{{sfnp|Lelyveld|1975}}{{sfnp|Chatterjee|2021}} After the [[partition of British India]], most of the family migrated to [[Pakistan]].

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==Sources==
* {{Cite journal |last=Lelyveld |first=David |date=1975 |title=Three Aligarh Students: Aftab Ahmad Khan, Ziauddin Ahmad and Muhammad Ali |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/311961 |journal=Modern Asian Studies |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=227–240 |issn=0026-749X}}
* {{Cite web |last=Chatterjee |first=Nandini |date=2021 |title=Opening up family collections: Discovery of three 18th-century legal documents from the Nawab family of Kamboh, near Meerut, north India |url=https://lawforms.hypotheses.org/821 |access-date= |website=Lawforms |language=en-US |doi=10.58079/qqw5}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Ahmed |first=Dr Mukhtar |last2=Goswami |first2=Heena |date=2022 |title=Nawab Khair Andesh Khan: A polymath of Mughal period |url=https://www.historyjournal.net/archives/2022.v4.i1.B.161 |journal=International Journal of History |language=en |publisher=University of Delhi |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=100–106 |issn=2706-9117}}

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