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{{Short description|Mughal nobleman (1673–1743)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox noble
|name = Ali Asghar
|image =
|caption=
| succession =
|reign = 18th century
|predecessor=
|successor =
|spouse = Shah Bibi
|full name = Khan Zaman Khan Bahadur Ali Asghar
| noble family = [[Qadi]]
| dynasty =
|father = [[Qazi Ghulam Mustafa]]
|mother = Bibi Rasti
|birth_date = 1673
|birth_place =[[Ferozepur Jhirka]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1743|01|30|1673|||df=yes}}
|death_place =[[Shahjahanbad]]
|place of burial =[[Ferozepur Jhirka]]
|}}

'''Ali Asghar''' (1673 – 30 January 1743) was one of the prominent [[Emir|Emirs]] and [[nobleman|noblemen]] during the [[Mughal Empire]]. He was entitled 'Khan Zaman Khan Bahadur' by Emperor [[Farrukhsiyar]]. He remained in many important posts during the successive rules of [[Bahadur Shah I]], [[Jahandar Shah]], [[Farrukhsiyar]], [[Rafi ud Darajat]], [[Shah Jahan II]] and [[Muhammad Shah]].

The fort at [[Ferozepur Jhirka]] was built by him. He died in [[Shahjahanbad]] (Delhi) on 4 [[Dhu al-Hijjah]] 1155 AH/30 January 1743 at the age of 70 years.<ref>Later Moghuls and Urdù literature by Iqtida Hasan, 1995, 319 pages</ref>

== Biography ==
Ali Asghar was the son of Kartalab Khan Bahadur Shahi [[Qazi Ghulam Mustafa]] and Bibi Rasti, a daughter of [[Qazi Syed Rafi Mohammad]]. He was [[Mansabdar]] Punj Hazari (5,000) [[Emir]].

His forefathers were settled in [[Ferozepur Jhirka]] for a long time and made a big [[estate (land)|estate]] (riyasat) in that town.
His grandfather Dewan Shaikh Asaf and great grandfather Dewan Maskeen raised both name and fame. They were chief revenue officers of the province [[Mewat]] and were entitled [[Dewan]] by the Mughals.

In Shahnama Munawwar, he was mentioned as a "Mewati Ansari Khanzada"<ref>Shahnama Munawwar Kalam by Shiv Das Lakhnavi, page 232</ref> as he was the son of 'Nawab Kartalab Khan', hence 'Khanzada' and belonged to the family 'Ansar' of [[Medina]], hence 'Ansari'. His mother was the daughter of [[Syed Rafi Mohammad]], a Sayyid of Gurgaon, [[Haryana]].<ref>Tarikh Mohammadi by Mirza Mohammad bin Rustam Mukhatib ba Motamid Khan, Vol 2, No. 6: Ed. Imtiaz Ali Arshi, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 1960. pp28</ref><ref name=autogenerated1>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><ref>Tarikh-i-Muzaffari, Mohammad Ali Khan Ansari (ca 1212 AH/1797 AD), Manuscript extant in the Raza Library, Rampur</ref>

Nawab Khan Zaman Khan Bahadur handed over the keys of the [[Red Fort]] along with some treasures to [[Bahadur Shah I]] on 1 [[Rabi' al-awwal]], when the emperor was staying near [[Delhi]]<ref name="Tazkirat_Hadi">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>{{rp|10}}

Nawab Khan Zaman Khan Bahadur along with some other nobles like Muhammad Khan Bangash, Mir Musharraf and Chabila Ram Nagar came with the treasure to join prince Izzuddin (Prince Azzu-ud-Din/Izz-ud-Din Bahadur) son of [[Jahandar Shah]]<ref>Muslim society in northern India during the eighteenth century by Muhammad Umar, 1998, pp 717</ref>

In the book, 'Muraqqa'e Dehli' or 'The Delhi Album' or 'The Delhi during [[Muhammad Shah]]', a great detail of Nawab Khan Zaman Khan Bahadur's life and works are mentioned<ref>'Muraqqa'e Dehli' by Dargah Quli Khan Ed. Khaliq Anjum, Samar Offset Printers, New Delhi, 1993</ref>

== Awards and honours ==
*[[Shah Alam I]] alias [[Bahadur Shah I]] in his third Juloos (royal procession / parade) on 16 [[Jumada al-awwal]] awarded [[Khalat]]-e Barani<ref name="Tazkirat_Hadi"/>{{rp|60}}
*[[Shah Alam I]] in his third Juloos on 7 [[Dhu al-Qi'dah]] awarded him [[Mansabdar|Mansab]] Teen Hazari (3,000) and Do Hazari [[Sawar]] (2,000)<ref name="Tazkirat_Hadi"/>{{rp|82}}
*'Khan Zaman Khan Bahadur' and his close relative [[Islam Khan V]] (Barkhurdar Khan II) were invited to attend the marriage ceremony of the prince of [[Shah Alam I]]<ref name="Tazkirat_Hadi"/>{{rp|92}}
*[[Shah Alam I]] in his fourth Juloos on 22 [[Shawwal]] awarded [[Khalat]]-e Fakhra<ref name="Tazkirat_Hadi"/>{{rp|3 and 1}}
*[[Shah Alam I]] in his fifth Juloos on 5 [[Safar]] promoted 'Khan Zaman Khan Bahadur Ghalib Jung' with additional [[Mansabdar|Mansab]] Char Hazari (4,000) and [[Mansabdar#Zat and Sawar|zaat wa sowar]]<ref name="Tazkirat_Hadi"/>{{rp|121}}
*On Friday 15 [[Dhu al-Hijjah]], in the second Juloos of Emperor [[Farrukhsiyar]], 'Khan Zaman Khan Bahadur' and his close relative [[Islam Khan V]] (Barkhurdar Khan II) attended the Friday prayer along with Emperor [[Farrukhsiyar]]<ref name="Tazkirat_Hadi"/>{{rp|171}}
*In between 7 and 12 [[Ramadan|Ramdan]] at the third Juloos of Emperor [[Farrukhsiyar]], he was appointed as Naib [[Subahdar]] at [[Azimabad]] (Patna).<ref name="Tazkirat_Hadi"/>{{rp|202}} In the same year at the end [[Ramadan|Ramdan]], he was awarded with Rs. 1 lac<ref name="Tazkirat_Hadi"/>{{rp|203}}
*On 3 [[Moharram]] in the fourth Juloos of [[Farrukhsiyar]], he was appointed as Naib [[Subahdar]] at [[Multan]] and was awarded with another [[Khalat]].<ref name="Tazkirat_Hadi"/>{{rp|216}} In the fifth Juloos of [[Farrukhsiyar]] on 27 [[Dhu al-Qi'dah]], Aqidat Khan ibn Ameer Khan was appointed Naib [[Subahdar]] of [[Multan]] because of the transfer of 'Khan Zaman Khan Bahadur'<ref name="Tazkirat_Hadi"/>{{rp|226}}
*'Khan Zaman Khan Bahadur' visited the fort of [[Farrukhsiyar]] and presented 100 moharen (gold coins) and 7 horses and in return, he was awarded [[Khalat]]-e Khaas<ref name="Tazkirat_Hadi"/>{{rp|229}}
*On 5 [[Safar]] in the 6 Juloos, he was appointed as [[Subahdar]] at [[Awadh]] and [[Faujdar]] at Moazamabad and was awarded [[Mansabdar]] Punj Hazari (5,000) and 3,000 [[Sawar]]. This appointment was made in place of Aziz Khan Chughtai.<ref name="Tazkirat_Hadi"/>{{rp|234}} On 22 [[Rabi' al-awwal]] in the 7 Juloos, Mahabat Khan was appointed as [[Subahdar]] of [[Awadh]] in place of 'Khan Zaman Khan Bahadur' and in place of Sar Buland Khan, 'Khan Zaman Khan Bahadur' was appointed as [[Subahdar]] of [[Azimabad]] (Patna) with the award of another [[Khalat]]<ref name="Tazkirat_Hadi"/>{{rp|236}}
*[[Muhammad Shah]] on 15 [[Jumada al-Thani]] in his 4 Juloos, appointed 'Khan Zaman Khan Bahadur' as his 'Naib Mir Atish' (the 'master gunner') with the awards of [[Khalat]] and "Sar Pech".<ref name="Tazkirat_Hadi"/>{{rp|237}} [[Muhammad Shah]] also in his 4 Juloos on 16 [[Shawwal]] awarded him [[Khalat]]e Fakhra and ‘'Sar Pech Marsah'’<ref name="Tazkirat_Hadi"/>{{rp|340}}
*He was also appointed as 'Khidmat Daroghgi Topkhana', a store of [[Armory (military)]] at [[Multan]]<ref>{{cite book | author=Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman | author-link=Hakim Syed Zillur Rahman | year = 2008 | title = Hayat Karam Husain | chapter = Chapter: Qazi Rafi Mohammad | edition = 2nd | pages = 25–29| publisher=[[Ibn Sina Academy of Medieval Medicine and Sciences]] | location = Aligarh/India | isbn = 978-81-906070-5-6}}</ref>

==Marriage and children==
He was first married to the sister of [[Islam Khan V]] also the daughter of Abdul Khaliq, son of Barkhurdar Khan I. His second wife was Shah Bibi, daughter of Qazi Syed Asadullah of [[Rewari]] and maternal granddaughter of Abdul Hadi, son of Qazi Ibrahim of [[Tijara]].

==See also==
*[[Syed Rafi Mohammad]]
*[[Ferozepur Jhirka]]

==References==
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