Dost Mohammad Khan

Dost Mohammad Khan was an Afghan soldier who founded the princely state of Bhopal in central India and ruled it from 1723 until his death in 1728.

Orakzai: An Pashtun tribal confederation associated with the mountainous region of present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Dost Mohammad Khan came from an Afghan Pashtun background linked to this confederation.
Bhopal State: A princely state in central India ruled by the Bhopal dynasty from the eighteenth century until Indian independence. It was the state Dost Mohammad Khan founded and governed.
Bhopal State under the Begums: The period when women rulers from Bhopal's ruling family governed the princely state during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The dynasty he founded later became known for a succession of influential women rulers.
Nizam of Hyderabad: The hereditary ruler of Hyderabad, a princely state founded by the Asaf Jahi dynasty in the Deccan. Like Dost Mohammad Khan, the Nizam emerged from Mughal service, but built a larger southern Indian state.
Mughal Empire: An early modern empire that ruled much of the Indian subcontinent from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries. His military career unfolded amid Mughal authority in central India.
Islamnagar Fort: A fort near Bhopal built by Dost Mohammad Khan as an early seat of his power. He established this fortified base before Bhopal became his principal capital.
Yar Mohammad Khan: Dost Mohammad Khan's son and successor as ruler of Bhopal. He inherited the state after Dost Mohammad Khan's death in 1728.
Holkar dynasty: A Maratha ruling dynasty that governed Indore and other territories in central India. The Holkars built a neighboring central Indian state through Maratha power rather than Afghan military leadership.
Nizam-ul-Mulk: A Mughal noble who founded the Asaf Jahi dynasty and established Hyderabad's independent state. Dost Mohammad Khan served in the political and military world shaped by this powerful Mughal noble.
Bhopal: A city in central India that became the capital of the princely state of Bhopal. Dost Mohammad Khan developed the city as the center of his emerging state.

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