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Comments from
Admiral Sohal; Khan:
Ahmadnagar
Farrukhabad and Ahmadganj did exist for a short period , till theBritish
influence removed them. So does even now, a famous Pathan families town of
Background:
Muhammad Khan Bangash joined Farrukhsiar in 1712 in battle against Jahandar
Shah, and after victory of F-Siar, Muhammad Khan was rewarded with grant of
land on which he founded Farrukhabad. Same is the story for Qaim Ganj founded
by Qaim Khan, another Bangash chief. Farrukhabad got added Ahmadnagar and Ahmad
Ganj after Ahmad Khan Bangash became one of the allies of Ahmad Shah Abdali
Durrani. These were the Bangash families. The other Turco-Afghan (not Bangash)
families were Shahabad and Shahjahanpur founded much earlier by Nawabs Diler
Khan and Bahadur Khan for subduing and settling down in that area on the orders
of Emperor Shahjahan.