Saadullah Khan of Rohilkhand

Nawab Sayyid Abdullah Khan Bahadur Rohilla (died 1775)[1] was the third son of Nawab Ali Muhammad Khan of Rohilkhand and succeed his brother to the throne of Rohilkhand.[2][3]

Nawab Sayyid Saadullah Khan Bahadur Rohilla
Nawab Of Rohilkhand
Nawab of Moradabad
Nawab of Jalesar
Nawab of Faizabad
Chief of the Rohilla
Saadullah Khan accompanying Ahmed Shah Abidali in the Third Battle of Panipat
Nawab of Rohilkhand
Reign1754 - 1764
PredecessorAbdullah Khan of Rohilkhand
SuccessorFaizullah Khan
RegentHafiz Rehmat Khan
Chief of the Rohilla
Reign1754 - 1764
PredecessorAbdullah Khan of Rohilkhand
SuccessorFaizullah Khan
Nawab of Moradabad
Reign1748-1754
PredecessorAli Mohammad Khan
Nawab of Jalesar and Faizabad
Reign1758-1764
PredecessorAhmed Shah Abidali
Died1764
Burial
Ali Mohammed Khan Maqbara, Aonla
Full name
Nawab Sayyid Saadullah Khan Bahadur Rohilla
HouseRohilla (by Adoption)
Barha
FatherAli Mohammad Khan
MotherSarah Begum
ReligionIslam

Life

On his death bed, his father Ali Mohammad Khan Rohilla made his ministers swear oaths on the Quran to respect his will and to act as protectors of his children until they reached maturity. Saadullah Khan, Allah Yar Khan and Muhammad Yar Khan were young children at the time of his passing and the elder two brothers were away, taken as hostages by Ahmed Shah Abidali. Ali Mohammed Khan appointed Hafiz Rehmat Khan as regent of Rohilkhand until either the return of Abdullah Khan or the maturity of Saadullah Khan. However the ministers and regent all renegade on their promises.[4]

After the return of Abdullah Khan, they initially made Saadullah Khan the Nawab of Moradabad but later they orchestrated an argument within the royal family and used it as a pretext to usurp the power and wealth of the orphans.[5] Saadullah Khan was installed as a ruler to replace his elder brother Abdullah Khan, but despite his high spirits he was repeatedly blocked by Hafiz Rehmat Khan's machinations and retired in disgust to Aonla.[6]

He fought with Ahmed Shah Abidali in the Third Panipat War and received by him Jalesar and Faizabad as rewards for his service.[7]

References
  1. Khan, Mohammad Najmul Ghani (1918). Akhbar-us-Sanadeed, Vol. 1. Lucknow: Munshi Nawal Kishore. p. 599.
  2. Hamilton, Charles. An Historical Relation of the rise and fall of the Rohilla Afghan in the Northen Provinces of India. p. 90.
  3. Strachey, Sir John (1892). Warren Hastings and the Rohillas. p. 19.
  4. Hamilton, Charles. An Historical Relation of the rise and fall of the Rohilla Afghan in the Northen Provinces of India. p. 93.
  5. Hamilton, Charles. An Historical Relation of the rise and fall of the Rohilla Afghan in the Northen Provinces of India. p. 117.
  6. Hamilton, Charles. An Historical Relation of the rise and fall of the Rohilla Afghan in the Northen Provinces of India. p. 123.
  7. Hamilton, Charles. An Historical Relation of the rise and fall of the Rohilla Afghan in the Northern Provinces of India. p. 141.
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