Hussain Ali Khan Barha
| Hussain Ali Khan Barha | |||||||||
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| Subahdar of Aurangabad Subahdar of Multan Faujdar of Ranthambore Subahdar of Bihar Faujdar of Hindaun-Bayana Umdat-ul-mulk, Amir-ul-Umara, Bahadur, Feroze Jung, Sipah Sardar, Mir Bakhshi | |||||||||
Amir-ul-Umara Sayyid Hussain Ali Khan | |||||||||
| Nawab of Aurangabad | |||||||||
| Under nominal Mughal suzerainty | 1715 – 8 October 1720 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Dianat Khan | ||||||||
| Successor | Nizam ul-Mulk | ||||||||
| Born | Hussain Ali Khan 1666 Jansath | ||||||||
| Died | 8 October 1720 (aged 53–54) | ||||||||
| Burial | Maqbara of Sayyid Mian, Ajmer | ||||||||
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| House | Barha | ||||||||
| Father | Sayyid Mian Abdullah Khan I | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
| Occupation | Commander of Mughal Forces | ||||||||
Nawab Sayyid Hussain Ali Khan Barha (1666 – 8 October 1720), officially Itisham-ul-Mulk, was a kingmaker of the later Mughal Period. He is best known for ordering the death of Emperor Farrukhsiyar, largely in an attempt to halt the numerous assassination attempts that the latter had ordered against him and his brother Abdullah Khan Barha. Hussain Ali Khan rose as a kingmaker in early 18th century India, when he was concurrently the Mughal governor of Ajmer and Aurangabad in the Deccan.
Both Hussain Ali Khan and his brother, Abdullah Khan, had a hand in the installation or deposition (or both) of several emperors to the throne at Delhi, including: Bahadur Shah I, Jahandar Shah, Farrukhsiyar, Rafi ud Darajat, Shah Jahan II, Ibrahim and Muhammad Shah. The brothers eventually became de facto rulers of the sub-continent by the early 18th century, at a time when India's economy was the largest in the world.