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{{Short description|Mughal noble and general (died 1697)}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Bahadur Khan Kokaltash بهادرخان کوکلتاش
| title = {{unbulleted list|[[Baghatur|Bahadur]]|[[Khan (title)|Khan]]|[[Nawab]]}}
| image = Portrait of Khan Dauran Bahadur Nusrat Jang.jpg
| image_size = 320
| caption = Portrait of Bahadur Khan by Murad {{c.}} 1640
| succession = [[Subahdar]] of [[Deccan]]
| reign = January 1673 – August 1677 {{small|(4.5 years)}}
| reign-type = 1st [[Governorship]]
| predecessor = [[Prince Muazzam]]
| regent =
| reg-type =
| successor = [[Diler Khan]]
| birth_name = Bahadur Khan
| birth_date = Early-17th Century
| birth_place = [[Mughal Empire]]
| death_date = 23 November 1697
| death_place = [[Lahore]], [[Mughal Empire]] {{small|(present day [[Pakistan]])}}
| burial_date = {{Small|23–24 November 1697}}
| burial_place = [[Tomb of Bahadur Khan Kokaltash]], [[Lahore]], Pakistan
| issue = Muhammad Muhsin Himmat Khan Sipahdar Khan Nasiri Khan Muzaffar Khan Abul Fatah
| full name = Birth name: Bahadur Khan Full name: Bahadur Khan Kokaltash bin Mir Abul-Mali [[Fosterage|Foster-name]]: Bahadur Khan Koka Name with titles: Nawab Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Zafar Jung Kokaltash
| era name = '''[[Mughal Era]]'''
| era dates = '''[[17th Century|17th–Centuries]]'''
| father = Sayyid-e Khafi" Mir Abu’l-Ma'ali
| occupation = [[General]] [[Governor]] [[Statesman]]
| religion = [[Sunni Islam]] ([[Hanafi]])
| succession1 =
| reign-type1 = 2nd Governorship
| reign1 = 1 March 1680 – 1683 {{small|(3 years)}}
| predecessor1 = [[Prince Muazzam]]
| successor1 = [[Safi Khan]]
| reg-type1 = [[Mughal Emperor|Padishah]]
| regent1 = [[Alamgir I]]
| succession2 = [[Subahdar]] of [[Lahore]]
| reign-type2 = [[Governorship]]
| reign2 = 11 April 1691 – midd of 1693 {{small|(2 years)}}
| reg-type2 = [[Mughal Emperor|Padishah]]
| regent2 = [[Alamgir I]]
| succession3 = [[Subahdar]] of [[Khandesh]]
| reign-type3 = [[Governorship]]
| reign3 = 1678/79/80 – April 1691
| reg-type3 = [[Mughal Emperor|Padishah]]
| regent3 = [[Alamgir I]]
| succession4 = [[Subahdar]] of [[Gujarat Subah|Gujarat]]
| reign-type4 = [[Governorship]]
| reign4 = 1668–1670
| cor-type4 = [[Mughal Emperor|Padishah]]
| coronation4 = [[Aurangzeb]]
| predecessor4 = Mahabat Khan II
| successor4 = [[Jaswant Singh of Marwar|Jaswant Singh]]
| module = {{Infobox military person
|embed=yes
|allegiance=[[File:Alam of the Mughal Empire.svg|25px]][[Mughal Empire]]
|branch=[[Nawab]]
|serviceyears=1650s–1691 (in war)
|battles = {{hidden||{{Tree list}}[[Mughal-Maratha wars]]
**Battle of Salher (1672)
**[[Sacking of Burhanpur (1681)]]
**[[Battle of Kalyan|Battle of Kalyan (1682–1683)]]
**[[Siege of Ramsej|Siege of Ramsej (1682–1688)]]
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}}
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'''Bahadur Khan Kokaltash''' ({{langx|fa|{{nq|بهادرخان کوکلتاش}}}}; died 23 November 1697) was a [[foster-brother]] to the [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Aurangzeb]]<ref name="Sothebys">{{Cite web |title=(#205) Khan Jahan Bahadur Zafar Jang Kukaltash and his father Mir Abu'l-Ma'ali, by Hunhar, Mughal, circa 1675-80 |url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/art-imperial-india-l14502/lot.205.html |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=Sothebys.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=ma>{{Citation |title=Maasir I Alamgiri of Muhammad Saqi Musta'idd Khan/part 3 |date=2009-12-31 |work=Maasir I Alamgiri of Muhammad Saqi Musta'idd Khan |pages=440–632 |url=https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463215309-003 |access-date=2025-06-03 |place=Piscataway, NJ, USA |publisher=Gorgias Press|doi=10.31826/9781463215309-003 |isbn=978-1-4632-1530-9 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> and the [[Subahdar]] of [[Lahore]], [[Burhanpur]] and the [[Deccan Plateau|Deccan]]. Aurangzeb had two foster-brothers, the other being [[Fidai Khan Koka]], of which Bahadur Khan was Aurangzeb's favourite.<ref name="Sothebys"/><ref name=ma/> Bahadur was the Senior General of the [[Mughal Empire]] and a closer companion to the emperor Aurangzeb.<ref name=ma/><ref>{{Cite book |last=Mehta |first=Jaswant Lal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BsIgAAAAMAAJ&q=salher+battle |title=Advanced Study in the History of Medieval India |date=1981 |publisher=Sterling |isbn=978-81-207-0617-0 |language=en}}</ref> He was one of the military commanders of the Mughals who assisted in the defeat of the [[Maratha Confederacy]] in one major battle,<ref>{{Cite book |date=2007 |title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century, Volumes 1–3 |first=Tony|last=Jacques |url=http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626120848/http://m.friendfeed-media.com/6e9ec7f58014456d2d5fd015cc8af9d2974509c0 |archive-date=2015-06-26 }}</ref> and won three major battles in his involvement in the [[Mughal–Maratha Wars]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1993-09-16 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/chol9780521268837.012 |journal=The Marathas 1600–1818 |doi=10.1017/chol9780521268837.012|title=The New Cambridge History of India |isbn=9780521268837 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Shortt |first=Adam |date=May 1923 |title=The Development of the British Empire. By Howard Robinson. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1922. Pp. xiii, 475.) |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1944128 |journal=American Political Science Review |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=330–331 |doi=10.2307/1944128 |jstor=1944128 |s2cid=151917720 |issn=0003-0554|hdl=2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t2x35c45d |hdl-access=free |url-access=subscription }}</ref> [[Tomb of Bahadur Khan|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]].<ref name=ma/><ref name="Sothebys"/><ref name=rb>{{Cite journal |last=Burn |first=R. |date=April 1938 |title=Aurangzeb and his Times. By Zahiruddin Faruki. 8½ × 5¼, pp. xv + 596. Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala Sons and Co., 1935. Rs. 8.8. |url=https://doi.org/10.1017/s0035869x00088122 |journal=Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland |volume=70 |issue=2 |pages=303–304 |doi=10.1017/s0035869x00088122 |issn=0035-869X|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=so>{{Cite journal |title=12.3.7 History of India: The Tīmūrids: Aurangzeb |url=https://doi.org/10.1163/2772-7696_splo_com_10212037 |access-date=2025-06-03 |website=Storey Online|doi=10.1163/2772-7696_splo_com_10212037 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Roy |first=Malini |title=Historical Portraits of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb 'Alamgir I (r.1658–1707) |date=2016-11-15 |work=Art Trade and Culture |pages=233–239 |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.5076274.25 |access-date=2025-06-03 |publisher=Gingko |doi=10.2307/jj.5076274.25 |isbn=978-1-914983-23-8|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

== Biography ==
Bahadur Khan Kokaltash, full name Nawab Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Zafar Jung Kokaltash, was the [[Mughal Governor]], noble and [[Commanding officer|Military Commander]] of the [[Mughal Empire]] during the reign of emperor [[Aurangzeb]]. He is first mentioned in historical records as a senior military general and foster brother of Aurangzeb.<ref name="Sothebys"/> Later, he was appointed as the Subahdar of [[Burhanpur]], which is a city in central India, holding this position from an unknown date until 1691.<ref name=gfh>{{Cite journal |last1=Hourani |first1=George F. |last2=Manucci |first2=Niccolao |last3=Irvine |first3=William |date=October 1971 |title=Storia do Mogor, or Mogul India, 1653-1708 |url=https://doi.org/10.2307/598527 |journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society |volume=91 |issue=4 |pages=533 |doi=10.2307/598527 |jstor=598527 |issn=0003-0279|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=rb/><ref name=ma2>{{Citation |title=Maasir I Alamgiri of Muhammad Saqi Musta'idd Khan/part 1 |date=2009-12-31 |work=Maasir I Alamgiri of Muhammad Saqi Musta'idd Khan |pages=1–209 |url=https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463215309-001 |access-date=2025-06-03 |place=Piscataway, NJ, USA |publisher=Gorgias Press|doi=10.31826/9781463215309-001 |isbn=978-1-4632-1530-9 |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="Sothebys"/>

As Subahdar of Deccan for long years, he fought against [[Maratha Empire|marathas]] in many battles, with one of first battles mentioned in February 1672 CE. During the war against marathas at the Battle of Salher, he was a military commander. In this battle which was a result of Mughal attempt to retake the fort of Salher, Moropant Peshwa, Prataprao Gurjar, Anandrao, Suryaji Kakde and others led the Maratha army. Marathas prevailed in this bloody open battle. Bahadur Khan and Diler Khan failed to retake Salher. This war highly lifted of Maratha army. Bahadur Khan built a fort for his garrison at Pedgaon at the bank of Bheema. This fort was sacked and plundered by the Marathas, Bahadur being lured in a pursuit by a smaller Maratha force. Returning from his failed chase Bahadur found his camp polished off. Shivaji once again fooled Bahadur by proposing vassal status to Aurangzeb (via Bahadur) and asking mansab for Sambhaji. This time was utilised by Shivaji to concentrate his forces for the Ponda and subsequent south campaign. Bahadur was ultimately recalled by Aurangzeb and replaced by Diler Khan. Many years later, he become Subedar of Burhanpur. When Bahadur khan Kokaltash was going to Aurangabad for his nephew's wedding with a girl from the royal family of [[Abul Hasan Qutb Shah]], he took a force of 3,000 armies with him for the wedding and left Burhanpur with an army of 5,000 under his Deputy-Commander [[Kakar Khan]]. The Maratha ruler [[Sambhaji]] got that news then he decided to further bifurcate the force at Burhanpur by feigning a move to attack [[Surat]], forcing the Mughals at Burhanpur to send reinforcement to Surat, the marathas successfully [[Sacking of Burhanpur (1681)|sacked the city]]. Bahadur Khan got angry and wanted to get revenge on Marathas, on 3 April 1680 Marathas ruler [[Shivaji]] died, in April–May 1680, [[Mughal emperors|Mughal emperor]] Aurangzeb campaign against marathas for [[27 year war|27 years war]] between Mughal-Marathas. then Bahadur Khan involved and he fight a [[Battle of Kalyan]] in 1682 to 1683, Subedar Bahadur Khan defeated the Maratha army and took over [[Kalyan]]. The Maratha ruler Sambhaji attempted a counter offensive, but failed and they were repulsed by Mughal forces. he expanded his conquest in Kalyan, then the year (1682 – 1688) Bahadur Khan [[Siege of Ramsej|Siege at Ramsej]] at six years war Mughals annexed Ramsej Fort. and he involved the Mughal-Maratha war for ten and half years then Aurangzeb dissolved him as Burhanpur Subedar and sent him for Subedari of [[Lahore]] in present-day Pakistan he appoint as governor post for (11 April 1691 – Mid of 1693) Aurangzeb dismissed him from this office. four years later, Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Khan Kokaltash died on 23 November 1697 in [[Lahore]] and he was buried in his tomb named [[Tomb of Bahadur Khan]].<ref name=ma2/><ref name="Sothebys"/><ref name=so/><ref name=gfh/>

He had six known sons. His oldest son, Muhammad Muhsin had died in battle. His other sons were Himmat Khan, Sipahdar Khan, Muzaffar Khan, Nasiri Khan and Abul Fatah. Himmat Khan served as a general against the Marathas, while Sipahdar Khan was the governor of Allahabad in 1707. Nasiri Khan died as a madman, while Abul Fatah, Bahadur Khan's youngest son, died in affliction during Muhammad Shah's reign. <ref>Shahnavaz Khan Aurangabadi; Beveridge, H. & Baini Prashad (translators) (1941/1952). *Maʾāṣir al-Umara of Shahnavaz Khan Aurangabadi*, Vol. 1. Asiatic Society, Calcutta. p. 813. </ref>
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