Talk:Nawab of Sardhana

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Syed Muhammad Shah (Nawab Jan Fishan Khan) was my Great Great Grand Father. I am the Fifth descendant of this great Khan. JAN FISHAN KHAN (JFK) was the title conferred on Syed Muhammad Shah by the king of Afghanistan SHAH SHUJA who considered JFK as his spiritual mentor and respected the family for its decent from the house of the Holy prophet MUHAMMAD (SALLAL LA HO ALAIHAY WASALAM). One notable ancestor of JFK was Bhauddin Khan who settled the shah clan in PAGHMAN (a hill resort north of Kabul) and built his fort in a nearby town of TAPPA. An arch still exists today built in the memory of Bhauddin Khan known as BAB-E-BHAUDDIN. JFK assumed the title of KHAN of PAGHMAN at a relatively young age after the assassination of his uncle in a family feud. A shrewd and enterprising young JFK soon established close links with the unstable rulers of the AhmedZai clan, who ruled Afghanistan. A close confident of the AhmedZai King Shah Shuja, JFK shared the tribulations of the king in his struggle to the assumption of the throne of Kabul and enjoyed wide respect in Afghanistan. JFK's influence on king Shah Shuja and pursuance of policy of friendship with British India and Sikh Rajas of neibouring Punjab, naturally incurred deep rivalry of the Barakzai clan, who were the cousin clan of the Ahmedzai's. The first Ahmedzai ruler of Afghanistan, Amir Dost Muhammad Khan was a sworn enemy of JFK and was instrumental in raising a rebellion against JFK's family in Paghman and Tappa on the pretext that JFK had supported and provided protection to the East India Company troops and officers. These events led to the expulsion of the Shah Family from Paghman and Tappa along with the King Shah Shuja when he abdicated the throne of Afghanistan. JFK was made to settle with his family in Sardhana near the military garrison Town of MEERUT in India and was considered a valuable asset by the British during the subsequent campaigns in Afghanistan and in the establishment of peace and governance in DELHI, MEERUT, MUZAFFARNAGAR AND PANIPAT after the War of Independence (MUTINY OF 1857 ,AS THE BRITISH CALLED IT). JFK was conferred a sizeable estate and a family political pension by the British and was also conferred the title of NAWAB, which was assumed by his sons who subsequently took over as head of the Shah Clan after the demise of JFK..... to be continued.