Isa Khan Munj

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Isa Khan Manj, was a

Azam Shah during the Battle of Jajau
, and for establishing an independent territory that defied Mughal authority.

Isa Khan Manj belonged to the Manj

Faridkot state.[8] He plundered the caravans of Delhi and Lahore.[9] In 1718, he rose in rebellion against the Mughals,[10] instigated by Khan-i Dauran. During this time period even the Lahore governor Abd al-Samad Khan famed for suppressing Banda Singh's rebellion could not proceed from Delhi to Lahore without precautions.[1] Later it was in this rebellion that Isa Khan along with his father Daulat Khan, were killed by the combined strength of the Mughal forces and the Brars of Kotkapura.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Hari Ram Gupta (1944). Studies In Later Mughal History Of The Punjab 1707 To 1793. pp. 27–28.
  2. ^ G. P. Ranken (1895). Notes on the Pathans of the Pathan Recruiting District. the University of Wisconsin - Madison. p. 28.
  3. ^ The Panjab Past and Present: Volume 21. Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University. 1987.
  4. ^ James Sutherland Cotton (1907). Imperial Gazetteer of India. Clarendon Press. p. 90.
  5. ^ William Irvine (1971). Later Mughal. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. p. 33.
  6. ^ Irvine, William (1971). Later Mughal. Atlantic Publishers & Distri. p. 119.
  7. ^ Surinder Singh (2022). Medieval Panjab in Transition:Authority, Resistance and Spirituality C.1500 – C.1700.
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  9. ^ Shāhnavāz Khān Awrangābādī (1979). The Maāt̲h̲ir-ul-umarā. Janaki Prakashan. p. 688.
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