Person · de facto ruler, c. 1807 – 1816
Wazir Muhammad Khan
Son of Sherif Muhammad Khan and cousin of Hayat Muhammad Khan, he arrived in Bhopal as a soldier of fortune, expelled the Marathas to become de facto ruler while Ghos Muhammad Khan remained titular Nawab, and died in 1816 after nine years in power.
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- p. 171 · read as page image
Wazír Mahomed having expelled the Mahrattas from Bhopál, became de facto ruler; he allied himself to the chief Pindári leaders, who, in return for the shelter he afforded them, assisted him against the Mahrattas.
- p. 172 · read as page image
Wazír Mahomed died in 1816, aged fifty-one, having been de facto ruler of Bhopál nine years.