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Ahmad Khan Bangash

d. 1771 · 18th century

Ahmad Khan Bangash was the Afghan Nawab of Farrukhabad from 1750 to 1771. Soon after his accession he defeated an army of the Nawab of Awadh in 1750, but a combined Maratha and Awadh force crushed him in 1751. He later allied with Ahmad Shah Durrani and fought on the Afghan side at Panipat in 1761.

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Bangash Nawabs of Farrukhabad

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ahmad Khan Bangash. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ahmad-khan-bangash
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