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Abdul Ghafur Khan
Abdul Ghafur Khan was the founder of Jaora State in Malwa, central India. A Pathan cavalry commander and brother-in-law of the freebooter Amir Khan, founder of Tonk, he received Jaora and nearby lands from the Holkar ruler of Indore, a grant confirmed by the British in 1818. His descendants ruled Jaora as nawabs until 1948.
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