Bakht Khān

by Metcalf, Thomas

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Muḥammad Bakht Khān (1212/1797–1275–1859) was the nominal commander of the rebel forces ranged against the British in Delhi during the uprising of 1857. Of Pushtūn origin and connected to the Rohillā (also Ruhelā) chiefs of Rohilkhan'd' (also Rulelkhan'd', the capital of which is Bareilly, in today's Uttar Pradesh), Bakht Khān served for forty years as an officer in the East India Company horse artillery. He fought in the First Afghān War (1839–42), and rose to the position of jāmadār (lit. “wa…

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Muḥammad Bakht Khān (1212/1797–1275–1859) was the nominal commander of the rebel forces ranged against the British in Delhi during the uprising of 1857. Of Pushtūn origin and connected to the Rohillā (also Ruhelā) chiefs of Rohilkhan'd' (also Rulelkhan'd', the capital of which is Bareilly, in today's Uttar Pradesh), Bakht Khān served for forty years as an officer in the East India Company horse artillery. He fought in the First Afghān War (1839–42), and rose to the position of jāmadār (lit. “wardrobe keeper,” and

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei1270

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eng Islam

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Metcalf, Thomas

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