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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Grand Vizier of the Mughal Empire from 1711 to 1713}}<br />
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| name = Hidayatullah Khan<br />
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| office = [[List of Mughal grand viziers|Grand Vizier of the Mughal Empire]]<br />
| term_start = 1711<br />
| term_end = 1713<br />
| predecessor = [[Munim Khan II]]<br />
| successor = [[Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung|Zulfiqar Khan]]<br />
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| parents = [[Inayatullah Kashmiri]]<br />
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'''Hidayatullah Khan''', also known as '''Wazarat Khan''', was the [[Grand Vizier]] of [[Bahadur Shah I]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oEpuAAAAMAAJ&q=hidayatullah++wazir |title= Proceedings - Punjab History Conference: Volumes 29-30 |date= 1998 |publisher= Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University |isbn= 9788173804601 }}</ref> <br />
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He was born as the son of [[Inayatullah Kashmiri]].<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=NXsBAAAAMAAJ&q=hidayatullah+inayatullah+kashmiri |title= A Mughal Statesman of the Eighteenth Century, Khan-i-Dauran, Mir Bakshi of Muhammad Shah, 1719-1739 |page= 26 |author= Zahiruddin Malik |date= 1973 |publisher= Centre of Advanced Study, Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University |isbn= 9780210405444 }}</ref> After his appointment as Wazir, he was known as Wazarat Khan,<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ak5oFjTys8MC&dq=hidayatullah+saadullah+khan&pg=PA128 |title= Later Mughal |author= William Irvine |date= 1971 }}</ref> After a short time, Wazarat Khan asked for the title of [[Saadullah Khan (Mughal Empire)|Saadullah Khan]] which was the title of the most renowned Wazir of Shah Jahan. The Emperor replied, "It is not easy to be a Sadullah Khan, let him be known as Saidullah Khan." Nonetheless, he was popularly known by the name of Saadullah Khan.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ak5oFjTys8MC&dq=hidayatullah+title+saadullah&pg=PA128 |title= Later Mughal |author= William Irvine |date= 1971 }}</ref><br />
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