Faizullah Khan
| Faizullah Ali Khan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nawab of Rampur Nawab of Shikohbad Sardar of the Barech tribe Chief of The Rohilla Mustaid Jang | |||||
Portrait of Nawab Faizullah Khan | |||||
| Rampur | |||||
| Reign | 1774–1794 | ||||
| Coronation | 1774 | ||||
| Predecessor | Nawab Ali Mohammad Khan Bahadur Rohilla | ||||
| Successor | Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan | ||||
| Shikohabad | |||||
| Reign | 1761–1774 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ahmad Shah Durrani | ||||
| Successor | Nawab Shuja-ud-Daula | ||||
| Chief of The Rohilla | |||||
| Reign | 1764–1794 | ||||
| Predecessor | Nawab Saidullah Khan Rohilla of Moradabad | ||||
| Successor | Nawab Muhammad Ali Khan Bahadur of Rampur | ||||
| Born | Fazul Khan 23 September 1730 Rampur State (present-day Rampur, Uttar Pradesh) | ||||
| Died | 17 September 1794 (aged 64) | ||||
| Burial | Near Eidgah in Rampur | ||||
| |||||
| House | Rampur | ||||
| Dynasty | Rohilla | ||||
| Father | Ali Mohammad Khan | ||||
| Mother | Marghalari Begum | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
Nawab Faizullah Ali Khan (c. 1730 – 17 July 1794) became the first Nawab of Rampur. Following the defeat of the Rohillas in the First Rohilla War, Faizullah, the only surviving heir of Nawab Ali Mohammed Khan and opponent of the forces of Awadh and the British East India Company in the war, was installed as the ruler of the newly created Rampur State. The state was carved out of the dismembered Kingdom of Rohilkhand. It bordered the Maratha Confederacy to the south, making it a strategically significant territory. Under the tutelage of the East India Company, Faizullah ruled peacefully for 20 years. The capital, Rampur, was founded during his reign, and the Raza Library collection was initiated.He was a Punjabi.