Ibrahim Khan II explained

Ibrahim Khan II
Father:Ali Mardan Khan
Children:Wazir Ibrahim Khan
Predecessor:Shaista Khan
Successor:Azim-us-Shan
Death Date:c. 1701
Death Place:Lahore, Lahore, Mughal Empire
Office:28th Subahdar of Bengal
Termstart:1689
Termend:22 September 1697

Ibrahim Khan II (Persian: {{Nastaliq| ابراهیم خان ای)(reigned: 1689–1697; died 1701) was the Subahdar of Bengal during the reign of emperor Aurangzeb.His only child was a son Named Wazir Ibrahim Khan (1654–1713) and was diwan of Emperor Jahandar Shah. He was killed at the orders of Farrukhsiyar.

Early life

He was the eldest son of Ali Mardan Khan. Ali Mardan was a noble of Kurdish origin.[1] Prior to the governorship of Bengal, Ibrahim Khan served as the Mughal Subahdar of Kashmir, Lahore and Bihar.[1] He had a son named Zabardast Khan.[1]

Reign

During his reign, English and French traders were granted several farmans to continue trading in Bengal. During 1695–1696, he failed to suppress the revolt of the Chandrakona zamindar, Shobha Singh. Later in 1697, Ibrahim Khan was replaced by emperor Aurangzeb's own grandson, Prince Azim-us-Shan.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Chatterjee, Anjali . 2012 . Ibrahim Khan . http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ibrahim_Khan . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Jamal . Ahmed A. . Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . . 2016-05-08 . 2016-02-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160219205021/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ibrahim_Khan . live .