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{{Short description|Mughal official (died 1749)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Shāh Nawāz Khān
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| office = [[Multan Subah|Subahdar of Multan]]
| 1blankname = [[Monarch]]
| 1namedata = [[Muhammad Shah]]
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| term_end2 = 1748
| term_start2 = 1747
| predecessor2 = [[Yahya Khan (governor)|Yahya Khan]]
| successor2 = [[Mir Mannu]]
| office1 = [[Lahore Subah|Subahdar of Lahore]]
| term_start = 1745
| term_end = 1747
| predecessor = [[Zakariya Khan Bahadur]]
| successor = [[Nawab Zahid Khan]]
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| birth_place = [[Subah of Lahore]]
| birth_name =
| death_date = September 1749
| death_place = [[Multan]]
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'''Shah Nawaz Khan''' (died 1749) was a son of [[Zakariya Khan Bahadur]], the combined governor of [[Lahore Subah|Lahore]] and [[Multan Subah|Multan]] [[subah]]s between 1726 and 1745. He succeeded Zakariya Khan as the governor of Multan after his death in 1745, while his brother [[Yahya Khan (governor)|Yahya Khan]] became governor of Lahore.

During 1746–1747, Shah Nawaz Khan was involved in a civil war with Yahya Khan. In March 1747, he entered Lahore and proclaimed himself to be the subedar, putting Yahya Khan in prison.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |first= |last= |editor1-last=Singh |editor1-first=Harbans |editor1-link=Harbans Singh |title=Kaura Mall, Diwan, Maharaja Bahadur (d. 1752) |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia Of Sikhism | volume=II E–L |edition=Third |pages=461–463 |publisher=Punjabi University Patiala |url=https://archive.org/details/TheEncyclopediaOfSikhism-VolumeIiE-l/page/461/mode/1up |date=2011 |isbn=978-8-1-7380-349-9 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |first= |last= |editor1-last=Singh |editor1-first=Harbans |editor1-link=Harbans Singh |title=Yahiya Khan |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia Of Sikhism | volume=IV S–Z |edition=Third |pages=447–448 |publisher=Punjabi University Patiala |url=https://archive.org/details/TheEncyclopediaOfSikhism-VolumeIvS-z/page/447/mode/1up |date=2011 |isbn=978-8-1-7380-349-9 |language=English}}</ref> However, after Yahya Khan escaped from his captivity, Shah Nawaz Khan turned to [[Ahmad Shah Durrani|Ahmad Shah Abdali]] for help, who invaded [[Subah of Lahore|Punjab]] in 1748. Upon Ahmed Shah's arrival, Shah Nawaz changed his allegiance back to the Mughals. He was defeated by Ahmad Shah at a [[battle of Lahore (1748)|battle near Lahore]] in 1748, and was forced to flee towards Delhi.

After Ahmed Shah's eventual defeat [[Battle of Manupur|at Manupur]] in the same year at the hands of [[Mir Mannu]], Shah Nawaz Khan was again appointed governor of Multan to replace [[Nawab Zahid Khan]], a relative of Ahmad Shah, by the Mughal court. However, Zahid Khan refused to accept his appointment and fought against Shah Nawaz Khan who asked Mir Mannu for aid. Mir Mannu due to his political rivalry with Shah Nawaz Khan appointed [[Kaura Mal]] as the governor instead, and [[battle of Multan (1749)|in the ensuing battle]] Shah Nawaz Khan was killed in 1749.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Ganda |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.5426/mode/1up?q= |title=Ahmad Shah Durrani: Father of Modern Afghanistan |publisher=Asia Publishing House |year=1959 |location=Mumbai |pages=78–79 |language=en |oclc=4341271}}</ref>

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[[Category:1749 deaths]]
[[Category:People from the Subah of Multan]]
[[Category:People from the Subah of Lahore]]
[[Category:Mughal Empire people]]
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