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{{Infobox Former Country
|native_name =
|conventional_long_name = Khanzadas of Mewat
|common_name = Mewat
|continent =
|religion =
*[[Islam]]
|region =
|era = [[Medieval India|Middle Ages]]
|status =
|government_type = Tributary to the [[Delhi Sultanate]] (1372-1427) [[Independence|Independent]] [[Chiefdom]] (1427-1527)
|life_span =
|year_start = 1372
|year_end = 1527
|event_start =
|date_start =
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|event2 =
|date_event2 =
|event_end =
|date_end =
|capital = [[Alwar]]
|leader1 = Raja Nahar Khan (first)
|leader2 = Hasan Khan Mewati (last)
|year_leader1 = 1372
|year_leader2 = 1527
|title_leader = [[Raja]] }}

The '''Khanzadas of Mewat''' were a dynasty of chiefs from [[Rajputana]] who had their capital at [[Alwar]]. The Khanzadas were [[Muslim Rajput]]s who descended from Raja Sonpar Pal who was a [[Yaduvanshi Rajput]] who converted to Islam during the period of the [[Delhi Sultanate]] in [[India]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bharadwaj |first1=Suraj |title=State Formation in Mewat Relationship of the Khanzadas with the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughal State, and Other Regional Potentates |date=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=11 |url=https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/mobile/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199462797.001.0001/acprof-9780199462797-chapter-2 |accessdate=24 October 2019}}</ref>

[[Mewat]] was spread over a wide area, it included [[Hathin]] tehsil, [[Nuh district]], [[Tijara]], [[Gurgaon]], [[Kishangarh]] Bas, Ramgarh, Laxmangarh Tehsils [[Aravalli Range]] in [[Alwar]] district and Pahari, Nagar, Kaman tehsils in [[Bharatpur, India|Bharatpur]] district of [[Rajasthan]] and also some part of [[Mathura]] district of Uttar Pradesh.

==History==
In 1372, [[Firuz Shah Tughlaq]] granted the Lordship of [[Mewat]] to [[Raja Nahar Khan]], (who was formerly known as Raja Sonpar Pal, of [[Kotla, Nuh|Kotla]]). Raja Nahar Khan established a hereditary polity in Mewat and proclaimed the title of [[Wali (administrative title)|Wali]]-e-Mewat. Later his descendants affirmed their own sovereignty in Mewat. They ruled Mewat till 1527.
[[File:Alwarfort.jpg|thumb|Distant view of Alwar fort from the city]]
[[File:City of Alwar from bala quila.jpg|thumb|View of city of Alwar from Bala Quila.]]
[[File:A passage at the Hill Fort, Kesroli.jpg|thumb|180px|A passage at the Hill Fort, Kesroli.]]

==Downfall==
The last [[Khanzada Rajput]] ruler of Mewat was [[Hasan Khan Mewati]], who died in the [[Battle of Khanwa]]. Following this battle, Mewat was integrated into the [[Mughal Empire]] and the Khanzadas became a part of the Mughal nobility.

==Rulers of Mewat==
The [[Khanzada Rajputs]] rulers of Mewat State adopted the title "''Wali-e-Mewat''". The title was later changed to "''Shah-e-Mewat''" by [[Hasan Khan Mewati]] in 1505.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! colspan="6" style="background: LightSteelBlue;"|Lineage
|-
!
! Rulers of Mewat State
! Reign
|-
|1st
| [[Raja Nahar Khan]], f.k.a Raja Sonpar Pal - the founder of Mewat state and the progenitor of [[Khanzada Rajput]]s || 1372–1402
|-
|2nd
| Raja [[Khanzada Bahadur Khan]] - founded Bahadurpur in 1406. || 1402–1412
|-
|3rd
| Raja [[Khanzada]] [[Akleem Khan]] || 1412–1417
|-
|4th
| Raja [[Khanzada Feroz Khan]] - founded [[Ferozepur Jhirka]] in 1419.|| 1417–1422
|-
|5th
| Raja [[Khanzada Jalal Khan]] || 1422–1443
|-
|6th
| Raja [[Khanzada Ahmad Khan]] || 1443–1468
|-
|7th
| Raja [[Khanzada Zakaria Khan]] || 1468–1485
|-
|8th
| Raja [[Khanzada Alawal Khan]] - won Bala Quila from Nikumbh Rajputs to stop the practice of human sacrifice. || 1485–1504
|-
|9th
| Raja Khanzada [[Hasan Khan Mewati]] - The last [[Khanzada Rajput]] ruler of Mewat. || 1504–1527
|}

==Descendants==

In the following centuries, the Khanzadas were reduced to the status of [[zamindar]]s. Many continued to serve in the [[Alwar State]] Forces and [[British Indian Army]]. However, the [[Chowdhury]]s' of [[Tijara]] and [[Nawab]]s of [[Shahabad, Alwar]] remained important Khanzadas strongholds. Among them [[Nawab Feroz Khan]] of Shahabad, Alwar and Khan Bahadur [[Fateh Naseeb Khan]] of Tijara, Alwar achieved [[Sahib|Imperial chivalry ranks]]. After the [[Partition of India]] in 1947, majority Khanzadas of Mewat migrated to [[Pakistan]].

==See also==
*[[Muslim Rajputs]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:History of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Muslim dynasties of India]]

Khanzadas of Mewat - Revision history

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