>Lennart97: Disambiguated: Fategarh → Sirhind-Fategarh

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Disambiguated: Fategarh → Sirhind-Fategarh

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{{Infobox royalty
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| name = Nihang Khan
| title = Ruler of Kotla Nihang Khan
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| more =
| type = Ruler, zamindar
| image = Fort of Kotla Nihang Khan, village Kotla Nihang Khan, Rupnagar district,Punjab,India.jpg
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| caption = Fort of Kotla Nihang Khan, Rupnagar district,Punjab,India

| succession = [[Sultan]] of [[Kotla Nihang Khan]]
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| reign = [[Kotla Nihang Khan|Kotla Nihang Khan, Punjab]]
| reign-type = [[Territory|Administrative area]]
| coronation =
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| predecessor = Amir Ahmad Bashir Khan
| pre-type = First [[sultan|Jahanpanah]] than him
| successor = Shri [[Raja|Rajadhiraja]] Ramchandra Aditya ('Rajadhiraj Vikram Dev')
| suc-type = Successor
| regent = Ram Chandra Aditya Vikramdeo
| reg-type = Regent of [[Imperial family|royal town]]

| succession1 = Politician of Nihang Khan
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| reign1 =
| coronation1 = * Amir Bhai Abdul Parvez
* Ahmad Bulbul Shah (second [[regent|regent and confidential]])
| cor-type1 = Islamic successor
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| regent1 = Rajadhiraj Ram Chandra Aditya
| reg-type1 =Hindu successor

| succession2 = Regent of Tungi regency
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| predecessor2 = Nawab Gohar Khan Siddiqui
| pre-type2 = Predecessor of
Tungi dynasty
| successor2 = himself
| suc-type2 = Successor
| regent2 =
| reg-type2 = Hindu successor

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| birth_name = Nihang Khan bin Amir Khan Ahmad bin Shawab Amir Bhai
| birth_date = 
| birth_place = [[Lahor]], [[Punjab]], [[Mughal dynasty]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = [[Sirhind-Fategarh|Fategarh]], [[Misl|Sikh Confederacy]]
| burial_date =
| burial_place = Fatehgarh Muslim Cemetery, [[Sirhind-Fategarh]]
| spouse = Rehana Baigh<br>Armana Sultana (daughter of an [[tehsildar]])
| spouse-type = Wives
| consort = 
| issue =*Abdul Abin Nihang Khan
* Hayil Abdul Khan
* Shameena Begum
* Nauliana Nihang Khan Begum
* Jafer Khan
* Khan Ali Nihangpuri
* Parvez Ali Muhammad
* Bhai Alam Khan
* Bhai Parvez Abul
| issue-link =
| issue-pipe =
| issue-type = Sons and Daughters
| full name = Nihang Khan Nizabi Muhammad
| era name = [[Misl|Sikh Misl]]
| era dates = since the time of [[Bala Pritam]]
| regnal name = Nihang Khan Sultan
| posthumous name=
| temple name =
| house = Kotla Nihang Khan dynasty
| house-type = Family
| father = Amir Ahmad Khan Ali Muhammad
| mother = Farzana Baig Begum

| occupation = [[Sultan]], [[leader|Fuhrer]]
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| signature =
| religion= [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslim]]
| module = {{Infobox politician
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| residence = [[Kotla Nihang Khan]], after [[retirement]]- [[Nanded]], [[Marathwada]]
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'''Bhai Nihang Khan''' ([[Gurmukhi]]: ਨਿਹੰਗ ਖ਼ਾਨ, [[Shahmukhi]]: نهنگ خاں) was the ''[[zamindar]]'' ruler of a small principality called [[Kotla Nihang Khan]] near [[Ropar]] in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]].<ref name="ref39hepup">{{Citation | title=History of Sikh Gurus Retold: 1606-1708 C | author=Surjit Singh Gandhi | publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distributors, 2007 | isbn=978-81-269-0858-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vZFBp89UInUC | quote=''... the Guru met Nihang Khan, the Zamindar of Kotla Nihang Khan, a place in proximity to present-day Ropar city. Nihang Khan was so moved that he decided to dedicate his all in the cause of the Guru. This happened on the Amavas or Maghar 1745 Bk 1688 ...''}}</ref> He was a friend and follower of the tenth [[Sikh Guru]], [[Guru Gobind Singh]]. The Guru and his associates frequently stayed with Nihang Khan, who often sheltered and provided succor to them in the period when they were facing persecution by [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] forces. By way of faith and ethnicity, Nihang Khan was a [[Muslim]] [[Pashtun people|Pathan]].<ref name="ref62ravop">{{Citation | title=Biographical encyclopedia of Sufis: Volume 3 | author=N. Hanif | publisher=Sarup & Sons, 2000 | isbn=978-81-7625-087-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3GXOqPa67MC | quote=''... Guru Gobind Singh, the reigning Sikh Guru, had a large number of followers among the Muslims like Pir Budhu Shah, Nihang Khan, Ghani Khan, Nabi Khan and others ...''}}</ref><ref name="ref79cococ">{{Citation | title=Kar sewa of historical gurudwaras | author=Parvinder Kaur, Virbhan Singh | publisher=Sapra Publications, 1996 | isbn=978-81-86686-00-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QnPkAAAAMAAJ | quote=''... While proceeding to Chamkaur Sahib after crossing the Sarsa river Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji had put out the kiln here with his horse's hoofs. The local Pathaan Nihang Khan, without caring for the risk, served Guruji and ...''}}</ref>

Guru Gobind Singh and Nihang Khan first met on the [[Amavasya|Amavas]] of the month of [[Magha (month)|Maghar]] in [[Vikram Samvat]] year 1745 (corresponding to 1688 CE).<ref name="ref39hepup"/> Nihang Khan was so impressed that he declared that he would "''dedicate his all in the cause of the Guru''."<ref name="ref39hepup"/> To honor him, Sikh religious literature often refers to him as ''Bhai'' Nihang Khan.<ref name="ref60horer">{{Citation | title=Who are the Sikhs? | author=Harjinder Singh Dilagir | publisher=Sikh Educational Trust, 2000 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uQNuAAAAMAAJ | quote=''... 6.12.1705 Guru Gobind Singh Sahib reached residence of Bhai Nihang Khan at Kotla Nihang ...''}}</ref> One of Nihang Khan's sons was ''Bhai'' Alam Khan, whose wedding the Guru also attended on May 3, 1694.<ref name="ref52zuyug">{{Citation | title=The Sikh reference book | author=Harjinder Singh Dilagir | publisher=Sikh Educational Trust for Sikh University Centre, Denmark, 1997 | isbn=978-0-9695964-2-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mRpuAAAAMAAJ | quote=''... On May 3, 1694, Guru Sahib attended the betrothal ceremony of Bhai Aalam Khan (second), the son of Bhai Nihang Khan ...''}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Guru Gobind Singh]]
*[[Kotla Nihang Khan]]

==References==
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[[Category:History of Sikhism]]
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>Lennart97: Disambiguated: Fategarh → Sirhind-Fategarh