| Nihang Khan | |||||
| Ruler of Kotla Nihang Khan | |||||
| Type: | Ruler, zamindar | ||||
| Succession: | Sultan and Zamindar of Kotla Nihang Khan | ||||
| Reign: | Kotla Nihang Khan, Punjab | ||||
| Reign-Type: | Administrative area | ||||
| Predecessor: | Amir Ahmad Bashir Khan | ||||
| Pre-Type: | First Jahanpanah than him | ||||
| Successor: | Shri Rajadhiraja Ramchandra Aditya ('Rajadhiraj Vikram Dev') | ||||
| Suc-Type: | Successor | ||||
| Regent: | Ram Chandra Aditya Vikramdeo | ||||
| Reg-Type: | Regent of Royal town | ||||
| Succession1: | Politician of Nihang Khan | ||||
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| Cor-Type1: | Islamic successor | ||||
| Regent1: | Rajadhiraj Ram Chandra Aditya | ||||
| Reg-Type1: | Hindu successor | ||||
| Succession2: | Regent of Tungi regency | ||||
| Predecessor2: | Nawab Gohar Khan Siddiqui | ||||
| Pre-Type2: | Predecessor of Tungi dynasty | ||||
| Successor2: | Himself | ||||
| Suc-Type2: | Successor | ||||
| Reg-Type2: | Hindu successor | ||||
| Birth Name: | Nihang Khan bin Amir Khan Ahmad bin Shawab Amir Bhai | ||||
| Birth Place: | Lahore, Lahore Subah, Mughal Empire | ||||
| Death Place: | Fategarh, Sikh Confederacy | ||||
| Burial Place: | Fatehgarh Muslim Cemetery, Sirhind-Fategarh | ||||
| Spouse: | Rehana Baigh Armana Sultana (daughter of a tehsildar) | ||||
| Spouse-Type: | Wives | ||||
| Issue: |
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| Issue-Type: | Sons and Daughters | ||||
| Full Name: | Nihang Khan Nizabi Muhammad | ||||
| Era Name: | Sikh Misl | ||||
| Era Dates: | since the time of Guru Gobind Singh | ||||
| Regnal Name: | Nihang Khan Sultan | ||||
| House: | Kotla Nihang Khan dynasty | ||||
| House-Type: | Family | ||||
| Father: | Amir Ahmad Khan Ali Muhammad | ||||
| Mother: | Farzana Baig Begum | ||||
| Occupation: | Sultan, zamindar | ||||
| Religion: | Sunni Islam | ||||
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Bhai Nihang Khan (Gurmukhi: ਨਿਹੰਗ ਖ਼ਾਨ, Shahmukhi: نهنگ خاں) was the zamindar ruler of a small feudal estate called Kotla Nihang Khan near Ropar in Punjab, Lahore Subah, Mughal Empire (Today located in Punjab, India). He was a friend and follower of the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh. The Guru and his associates frequently stayed with Nihang Khan, who often sheltered and provided succor to them in the period when they were facing persecution by Mughal forces. By way of faith and ethnicity, Nihang Khan was a Muslim Pathan.
Guru Gobind Singh and Nihang Khan first met on the Amavas of the month of Maghar in Vikram Samvat year 1745 (corresponding to 1688 CE). Nihang Khan was so impressed that he declared that he would "dedicate his all in the cause of the Guru." To honor him, Sikh religious literature often refers to him as Bhai Nihang Khan. One of Nihang Khan's sons was Bhai Alam Khan, whose wedding the Guru also attended on May 3, 1694.