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Muhammad Diler Khan

18th century · 18th century

Muhammad Diler Khan was an Afghan officer in Mughal service who founded the small state of Kurwai in central India in 1713. He received a territory near the Betwa river, north of Vidisha, and his descendants ruled it as nawabs, later under British paramountcy, until the state joined independent India after 1947.

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Kurwai State

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Muhammad Diler Khan. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/muhammad-diler-khan
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