Mīrzā Najaf Khān Bahādur, simply known as Mirza Najaf Khan was a Mughal nobleman and adventurer of Safavid lineage who came to Delhi around 1740 from Iran after Nader Shah had displaced the Safavid dy
Najaf Khan Zulfiqar al-Dawlah
Mirza Najaf Khan's incomplete tomb, the commander-in-chief of the Mughal Army during the reign of Shah Alam II.
Mirza Najaf Khan's Tomb entrance
Mirza Najaf Khan tomb's enclosure wall
Shah Alam II, also known by his birth name Ali Gohar, or Ali Gauhar, was the seventeenth Mughal emperor and the son of Alamgir II.
Imad-ul-Mulk was the regent imposed by the Maratha Confederacy in 1757, who assassinated Alamgir II and prominent members of the imperial family, within the Maratha controlled city of Delhi; Shah Alam II managed to escape to safety with the Nawab of Awadh.
Mir Jafar, his son Miran and Ramnarian refused to submit to Shah Alam II, who initiated the Bengal War causing the eventual intervention of the East India Company.
Mughal era illustration of Pir Ghazi of Bengal, during the 18th century.