Bahadur Khan (Mughal general)

Bahadur Khan Kokaltash
بهادرخان کوکلتاش
Portrait of Bahadur Khan by Murad c. 1640
Subahdar of Deccan
1st GovernorshipJanuary 1673 – August 1677
(4.5 years)
PredecessorPrince Muazzam
SuccessorDiler Khan
2nd Governorship1 March 1680 – 1683
(3 years)
PredecessorPrince Muazzam
SuccessorSafi Khan
PadishahAlamgir I
Subahdar of Lahore
Governorship11 April 1691 –
midd of 1693
(2 years)
PadishahAlamgir I
Subahdar of Khandesh
Governorship1678/79/80 – April 1691
PadishahAlamgir I
Subahdar of Gujarat
Governorship1668–1670
PadishahAurangzeb
PredecessorMahabat Khan II
SuccessorJaswant Singh
BornBahadur Khan
Early-17th Century
Mughal Empire
Died23 November 1697
Lahore, Mughal Empire
(present day Pakistan)
Burial23–24 November 1697
Names
(Birth name: Bahadur Khan)
(Full names: Bahadur Khan Kokaltash bin Mir Abul-Mali)
(Foaster-name: Bahadur Khan Koka)
(Name with titles: Nawab Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Zafar Jung Kokaltash)
Era name and dates
(Mughal Era: 17th–Centuries)
FatherSayyid-e Khafi" Mir Abu’l-Ma'ali
ReligionSunni Islam (Hanafi)
OccupationService under
Moghol Empire as
Military General
Governor
Statesman
Military career
AllegianceMughal Empire
BranchNawab
Years of service1650s–1691 (in war)
Battles / warsBattle of Salher (1672)

Sacking of Burhanpur (1681)

Battle of Kalyan (1682–1683)

Siege of Ramsej (1682–1688)

Mughal-Maratha Wars

Bahadur Khan Kokaltash (Persian: بهادرخان کوکلتاش, died 23 November 1697) was a foster-brother to the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb and the Subahdar of Lahore, Burhanpur and the Deccan. Aurangzeb had two foster-brothers, the other being Fidai Khan Koka, of which Bahadur Khan was Aurangzeb's favourite. Bahadur was the Senior General of the Mughal Empire and a closer companion to the emperor Aurangzeb. He was one of the military commanders of the Mughals who assisted in the defeat of the Maratha Confederacy in one major battle, and won three major battles in his involvement in the Mughal–Maratha Wars. His tomb is located in Lahore, in present-day Pakistan. His father Mir Abu’l-Ma'ali was given the title of Sayyid-e-Khafi" by Aurangzeb.