Fateh Muhammad or Nadim Sahib (b. 6 May 1684 – 9 September 1729 d.) was a general of
Mysore and the father of
Hyder Ali, his fifth child from his third wife, and the Grandfather of
Tipu Sultan.
He was born on 6 May 1684 CE at
Doddallapur in the Era of
Moghul empire and the reign of
Padishah Aurangzeb, He died at the age of 45 years 4 months 3 days when he was fighting in a battle between the Subedar of
Sira and Jaher Khan of Chittor Subah, Fath Muhammad was killed on 9 September 1729 A.D. He was buried at Kolar alongside his parents.
At an early age, he served as a commander of 50 men in the
Rocket artillery of the army of the
Nawab of Carnatic. It is believed that he served alongside
Zulfiqar Ali Khan, the first
Nawab of the Carnatic during the
Siege of Jinji. This was maintained under the command of the
Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb
Muhi al-Din Muhammad (; – 3 March 1707), commonly known as ( fa, , lit=Ornament of the Throne) and by his regnal title Alamgir ( fa, , translit=ʿĀlamgīr, lit=Conqueror of the World), was the sixth emperor of the Mughal Empire, ruling ...
with the purpose of capturing or killing the renegade
Maratha ruler
Rajaram Rajaram or Raja Ram is one of the Indian names:
* Several Chhatrapatis, leaders of the Maratha Empire in India
** Rajaram I (1670–1700), younger son of Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji, ruled 1689–1700
** Rajaram II of Satara, putative grand ...
.
[name=Narasima120] then later in 1700's he becoming valuable Military Commander. Fath Muhammad eventually entered the service of the
Wodeyar Rajas of the
Kingdom of Mysore
The Kingdom of Mysore was a realm in South India, southern India, traditionally believed to have been founded in 1399 in the vicinity of the modern city of Mysore. From 1799 until 1950, it was a princely state, until 1947 in a subsidiary allia ...
, where he rose to become a powerful military commander. The Wodeyars awarded him
Budikote as a
jagir
A jagir ( fa, , translit=Jāgir), also spelled as jageer, was a type of feudal land grant in the Indian subcontinent at the foundation of its Jagirdar (Zamindar) system. It developed during the Islamic rule era of the Indian subcontinent, start ...
(land grant), where he then served as
Naik (Lord).
[Bowring, p. 13]
See also
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Nawab of the Carnatic
*
Zulfiqar Ali Khan
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Mughal Empire
*
Siege of Jinji
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Hyder Ali Dynasty
References
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1704 births
1725 deaths
Indian generals
People of the Kingdom of Mysore
18th-century Indian people
People from Kolar
Military personnel from Karnataka