Sher Khanji Babi

Muhammad Sher Khan Babai
Nawāb
Bornc. 17th century
HouseBabai
DynastyBabi
FatherBahadur Khan Babi
ReligionSunni Islam

Shēr Khānji Babi was the Afghan founder of the Babi dynasty of Hindustan.

Muhammad Sher Khan Ji hailed from the Babai clan of Pashtuns. He served as a distinguished officer in the Imperial service in Delhi.[1] His forefather was Adil Khan Babi of Kandahar who came to India with Humayun.[2] Sher Khanji was a deputy governor of Saurashtra who would go on to establish the Babi dynasty.[2][3][4]

Bibliography

  1. ^ The Golden Book of India - A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated, of the Indian Empire by Sir Roper Lethbridge (1893)
  2. ^ a b Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah Papers: Pakistan: pangs of birth (2000) M. Akram Shaheedi, Quaid-i-Azam Papers Project, Z. H. Zaidi
  3. ^ Encyclopaedia Indica: Princely states in colonial India-I (1996)
  4. ^ JUNAGADH (Princely State) Royal House
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