Person · founder; d. 1723
Dost Muhammad Khan
An Afghan of the Mirájí Khél tribe who entered Aurangzeb's service, seized Islamnagar in 1716 and Gúnnúr in 1720, received the town and lands of Bhopál in perpetuity, and founded the Bhopál state, dying in 1723 at the age of sixty-six.
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- p. 167 · read as page image
The Bhopal family was founded by Dost Mahomed, an Affghan of the Mirájí Khel tribe.
- p. 168 · read as page image
Having gained the confidence of Newal Shah, Rajah of Gúnnúr, Dost Mahomed was invited by the Rajah to take up his residence at Gúnnúr... During the night he attacked the Rajah and his followers, and made himself master of the place: this occurred in A.D. 1720.
- p. 169 · read as page image
He died in A.D. 1723, at the age of sixty-six.