Subhan Ali Khan Kamboh

Who is Subhan Ali Khan Kamboh?

Subhan Ali Khan Kamboh was an Indian Muslim scholar, son of Ali Hussain Khan Kamboh of Bareilly in Rohilkhand. He completed his education under Ghufran Ma'ab Sayyid Dildar Ali Nasirabadi and excelled his fellow students in perspicacity and scholarly achievements. Subhan Ali Khan Kamboh specialized in logic, philosophy, literature and Qur'anic exegesis, hadis and fiqh, etc. He also learnt English and Hebrew languages. He was closely associated with Shaikh Ali Hazin. He rose to become Deputy Prime Minister of Awadh during Roshan-ud-Daula's Prime Ministership in the reign of Ghazi ud Din Haider. He wielded immense influence in Awadh and is said to have been the de facto Prime Minister during Roshan ud Din's Prime Minisrship. He had also been the Prime Minister of Agha Mir. Mirza Ghalib received an invitation to a reception in audience by the ruler's Deputy Prime Minister i.e. Subhan Ali Kamboh but the meeting did not happen because Mirza Ghalib stipulated two pre-conditions to his meeting with the formers:, that he be granted 'due honor' and, that he should be 'excused from making the customary peshkash '. Benefactors did not like pre-conditions being laid down by the supplicants hence the meeting failed.