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'''Mutawassil Khan''' titled '''Rustam Jang Bahadur,''' was a Mughal general in the Deccan. He descended from a powerful Mughal aristocratic family, with his father being a prominent noble of [[Aurangzeb|Aurangzeb Alamgir]] and his grandfather one of the most famous Mughal Viziers. Mutawassil Khan rose to power under the patronage of his father-in-law who was also his maternal cousin [[Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I|Chin Qilich Qamaruddin Khan, Nizam-ul-Mulk]], accompanying him in his campaigns in the Deccan and distinguishing himself especially at the [[Battle of Shakar Kheda]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Khan |first=Yusuf Husain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yvi1AAAAIAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=mutawassil+khan&q=mutawassil+khan&hl=en |title=The First Nizām: The Life and Times of Nizāmu'l-Mulk Āsaf Jāh I. |date=1963 |publisher=Asia Publishing House |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Nagendra Kr |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jjNuAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=mutawassil+khan&q=mutawassil+khan&hl=en |title=Encyclopaedia of Muslim Biography: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh |date=2001 |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |isbn=978-81-7648-235-6 |language=en |quote=Mutawassil Khan Bahadur Rustam Jang, son of Hifz Ullah, son of Sa'd Ullah Khan Shahjahani}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Awrangābādī |first=Shāhnavāz Khān |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xfG1AAAAIAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=mutawassil+khan&q=mutawassil+khan&hl=en |title=The Maāt̲h̲ir-ul-umarā: Being Biographies of the Muḥammadan and Hindu Officers of the Timurid Sovereigns of India from 1500 to about 1780 A.D. |date=1979 |publisher=Janaki Prakashan |pages=647 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rao |first=Vasant D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zBEBQh41jLgC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22mutawassil+khan%22&q=%22mutawassil+khan%22&hl=en |title=Studies in Indian History: Dr. A. G. Pawar Felicitation Volume |date=1968 |publisher=Y. P. Pawar |pages=241 |language=en}}</ref>

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Mutawassil Khan - Revision history

Sudhashastri at 03:59, 9 October 2023