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'''Mirza Ismail Beg Hamdani''' (died March 1794) was a [[Army of the Mughal Empire|Mughal Commander]]. Son of Mirza Munim Beg and a kinsman of [[Mirza Najaf Khan]], he along with his family fled Persia at the rise of Nadir Shah.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gupta |first1=R.K |title=Rajasthan Through the Ages |page=252}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Arriving in India many members of his family including him rose to high positions in the Mughal Empire. Initially a stalwart of the Maratha's he would defect in 1790, in order to check the rising power of Mahadji Scinde.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sen |first1=Sallendra Nath |title=Anglo-Maratha Relations, 1785-96 |page=153}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Pandey |first1=Uma Shanker |title=European Adventurers in North India: 1750–1803}}</ref> He would be defeated by the Maratha's at the [[Battle of Patan]] whereafter he would flee to [[Jaipur]] and thereafter to [[Jodhpur]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gupta |first1=R.K |title=Rajasthan Through the Ages |page=249}}</ref> He would go to Kanaud, later known as Mahendragarh and attempt to marry the widow of Najaf Quli Khan. Despite her initial approval the latter would renege. Ismail Beg fled to [[Madhogarh]] and when the Maratha's received this intel, Khande Rao would march against [[Madhogarh]] where Ismail Beg would be captured in 1792 and imprisoned thereafter in [[Agra Fort]], only to be put to death in March 1794.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mittal |first1=Sattish Chandra |title=Haryana, a Historical Perspective |page=15}}</ref><br />
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