Ahmad Ali Khan of Rampur explained

Nawab Ahmad Ali Khan of Rampur
Nawab Of Rampur
Chief of the Rohilla
Titletext:Mutamid ud-Daula and Zafar Jang
Succession:Rampur
Reign:1794-1840
Predecessor:Nawab Ghulam Muhammad Khan of Rampur
Successor:Nawab Muhammad Said Khan Bahdur of Rampur
Succession1:Chief Of The Rohilla
Reign1:1749- 1849
Predecessor1:Nawab Ghulam Muhammad Khan
Successor1:Nawab Muhammad Said Khan
Birth Date:12 October 1787
Death Place:Qila-E-Mualla, Rampur
Burial Place:Nankar
Full Name:Nawab Ahmad alI Khan Bahadur Rohilla
Regnal Name:Mutamid ud-Daula, Nawab Ahmad ‘Ali Khan Bahadur, Zafar Jang, Nawab of Rampur
House:Rohilla (by Adoption)
Father:Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan of Rampur
Religion:Islam(shia)

Nawab Ahmad Ali Khan Bahadur (12 October 1787 – 5 July 1840) was Nawab of Rampur from 1794 to 1840, succeeding his brother Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bahadur. The only son of Muhammad Ali Khan Bahadur, Ahmad Ali was made Nawab following the deposition of his uncle Ghulam Muhammad by the British East India Company and the Nawab of Awadh. Ahmad Ali ruled for 46 years, although he reigned from 1794 to 1811 under a regency. He transformed the cultural fabric of Rampur and started a tradition of cultural involvement that has been maintained by his successors to the present day. In 1801, Rampur became a vassal of the HEIC following the cession of Rohilkand by the Nawab of Awadh. Ahmad Ali died on 5 July 1840, aged 52. As his only son had died young, he was succeeded as Nawab by his cousin, Muhammad Said Khan Bahadur.

Ahmad Ali Khan is credited with developing the dog breed known as Rampur Hound. He bred these dogs by combining the ferocious Tāzī Afghan dogs with the English Greyhound, more obedient but less resistant to the harsher local weather. The Nawab gave the name 'Rampur Hound' to the dogs he bred.[1]

Notes and References

  1. http://rareindianbreeddogs.blogspot.com/2010/01/rampur-hound.html Rampur Hound