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| Portrait of Khan Dauran Bahadur Nusrat Jang, Folio from the Shah Jahan Album. Painting by Murad via: The Emperors’ Album: Images of Mughal India |
Khan Dauran Bahadur Nusrat Jang [Victorious in War], Viceroy of the Deccan and one of Shah Jahan’s leading soldiers. Holder of highest imperial rank held by a person of non-royal blood. Murdered in sleep on the night of 2 July 1645 using a dagger into the stomach by the son of a Kashmiri Brahmin, whom he had converted to Islam and enrolled among the number of his personal attendants. At the news of his death the people of Burhanput [M.P.] emptied the shops of sweets to give away in thanksgiving. The attacker, was immediately caught and killed.
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Based on The Shah Jahan Nama of ‘Inayat Khan.
