Muhammad Ali Khan of Rampur

Who was Muhammad Ali Khan of Rampur?

Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan Bahadur was the eldest son of Faizullah Khan and briefly Nawab of Rampur between 24 July and 11 August 1793 when he was deposed by his younger brother Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bahadur and exiled to Dungarpur. He died there a year later as a prisoner when he was shot in his sleep. His only son, Ahmad Ali Khan Bahadur, later became Nawab of Rampur.

Muhammad Ali Khan was ethnically Persian and his family settled South Asia during the Mughal Empire. The Persians in Mughal Empire consisted of high ranking soldiers and administrative elites of the Mughal Empire. Rampur State was one of the important Shia Muslim princely states with Awadh.