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Abdul Rauf Khan

Abdul Rauf Khan was the founder of Savanur State in northern Karnataka. An Afghan (Miana) officer in Mughal service, he received a grant in the Carnatic from the emperor Aurangzeb around 1680. His descendants ruled Savanur as nawabs under Maratha and then British overlordship until the state joined India after independence.

Abdul Rauf Khan
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Savanur State

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Abdul Rauf Khan. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/abdul-rauf-khan
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