Nihang Khan
| Nihang Khan | |||||||||||||
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| Ruler of Kotla Nihang Khan | |||||||||||||
 Fort of Kotla Nihang Khan, Rupnagar district,Punjab,India | |||||||||||||
| Sultan and Zamindar of Kotla Nihang Khan | |||||||||||||
| Administrative area | Kotla Nihang Khan, Punjab | ||||||||||||
| First Jahanpanah than him | Amir Ahmad Bashir Khan | ||||||||||||
| Successor | Shri Rajadhiraja Ramchandra Aditya ('Rajadhiraj Vikram Dev') | ||||||||||||
| Regent of Royal town | Ram Chandra Aditya Vikramdeo | ||||||||||||
| Politician of Nihang Khan | |||||||||||||
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| Hindu successor | Rajadhiraj Ram Chandra Aditya | ||||||||||||
| Regent of Tungi regency | |||||||||||||
| Predecessor of Tungi dynasty | Nawab Gohar Khan Siddiqui | ||||||||||||
| Successor | Himself | ||||||||||||
| Born | Nihang Khan bin Amir Khan Ahmad bin Shawab Amir Bhai Lahore, Lahore Subah, Mughal Empire | ||||||||||||
| Died | Fategarh, Sikh Confederacy | ||||||||||||
| Burial | Fatehgarh Muslim Cemetery, Sirhind-Fategarh | ||||||||||||
| Wives | Rehana Baigh Armana Sultana (daughter of a tehsildar) | ||||||||||||
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| Family | Kotla Nihang Khan dynasty | ||||||||||||
| Father | Amir Ahmad Khan Ali Muhammad | ||||||||||||
| Mother | Farzana Baig Begum | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Sultan, zamindar | ||||||||||||
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| Residence(s) | Kotla Nihang Khan, after retirement- Nanded, Marathwada | ||||||||||||
Bhai Nihang Khan (Gurmukhi: ਨਿਹੰਗ ਖ਼ਾਨ, Shahmukhi: نهنگ خاں) was the zamindar ruler of a small feudal estate called Kotla Nihang Khan near Ropar in Punjab, Lahore Subah, Mughal Empire (Today located in Punjab, India).[1] He was a friend and follower of the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh. The Guru and his associates frequently stayed with Nihang Khan, who often sheltered and provided succor to them in the period when they were facing persecution by Mughal forces. By way of faith and ethnicity, Nihang Khan was a Muslim Pathan.[2][3]
Guru Gobind Singh and Nihang Khan first met on the Amavas of the month of Maghar in Vikram Samvat year 1745 (corresponding to 1688 CE).[1] Nihang Khan was so impressed that he declared that he would "dedicate his all in the cause of the Guru."[1] To honor him, Sikh religious literature often refers to him as Bhai Nihang Khan.[4] One of Nihang Khan's sons was Bhai Alam Khan, whose wedding the Guru also attended on May 3, 1694.[5]
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- ^ a b c Surjit Singh Gandhi (2007), History of Sikh Gurus Retold: 1606-1708 C, Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, 2007, ISBN 978-81-269-0858-5,
... the Guru met Nihang Khan, the Zamindar of Kotla Nihang Khan, a place in proximity to present-day Ropar city. Nihang Khan was so moved that he decided to dedicate his all in the cause of the Guru. This happened on the Amavas or Maghar 1745 Bk 1688 ...
- ^ N. Hanif (2000), Biographical encyclopedia of Sufis: Volume 3, Sarup & Sons, 2000, ISBN 978-81-7625-087-0,
... Guru Gobind Singh, the reigning Sikh Guru, had a large number of followers among the Muslims like Pir Budhu Shah, Nihang Khan, Ghani Khan, Nabi Khan and others ...
- ^ Parvinder Kaur, Virbhan Singh (1996), Kar sewa of historical gurudwaras, Sapra Publications, 1996, ISBN 978-81-86686-00-3,
... While proceeding to Chamkaur Sahib after crossing the Sarsa river Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji had put out the kiln here with his horse's hoofs. The local Pathaan Nihang Khan, without caring for the risk, served Guruji and ...
- ^ Harjinder Singh Dilagir (2000), Who are the Sikhs?, Sikh Educational Trust, 2000,
... 6.12.1705 Guru Gobind Singh Sahib reached residence of Bhai Nihang Khan at Kotla Nihang ...
- ^ Harjinder Singh Dilagir (1997), The Sikh reference book, Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark, 1997, ISBN 978-0-9695964-2-4,
... On May 3, 1694, Guru Sahib attended the betrothal ceremony of Bhai Aalam Khan (second), the son of Bhai Nihang Khan ...
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