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Muhammad Khan Bangash
Muhammad Khan Bangash was an Afghan soldier of fortune who founded the Bangash nawabs of Farrukhabad. Serving the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, he received lands in the Ganges Doab and in 1714 founded the town of Farrukhabad, naming it after the emperor. He later served as Mughal governor of Allahabad and Malwa and fought the Bundelas and the Marathas.
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