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Zulfiqar Khan

1657–1713 · 17th century · Also known as Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung

Zulfiqar Khan was a Mughal general and statesman who commanded Aurangzeb's armies in southern India and was appointed the first Nawab of the Carnatic in 1692. He took the Maratha fortress of Gingee in 1698. Later he became the most powerful minister at the Mughal court, but after Farrukhsiyar seized the throne in 1713 he was executed.

Zulfiqar Khan
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Carnatic Sultanate

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