Asad Khan (Maza mai daraja)

**Asad Khan** ( 1626/1631 - 15 Yuni 1716), an haife shi **Muhammad Ibrahim**, ya kasance babban matsayi na Mughal Empire a lokacin mulkin Aurangzeb da Bahadur Shah . An san shi da matsayinsa na *[[Vizier|wazir]]* (firayim Minista) na sarki Aurangzeb a cikin lokacin 1676-1707, kuma ya kasance muhimmin dan wasa a siyasar kotu ta Mughal.

## Ayyuka
Asad Khan ya shiga aikin mulkin Mughal a shekara ta 1654, a lokacin shekara ta 27 na mulkin Mughal Shah Jahan. A karkashin magajin Shah Jahan Aurangzeb, Asad Khan ya rike mukamin  na biyu (mai biyan kuɗi) har zuwa 1670, lokacin da aka sanya shi mataimakin *wazir*. Ya rike wannan mukamin har zuwa 1676, lokacin da ya zama *wazir* da kansa.

Daga shekarun 1680 zuwa gaba, manyan mutanen Aurangzeb sun rabu zuwa manyan ƙungiyoyi biyu; Asad Khan da ɗansa mai tasiri Zulfiqar Khan sun fito a matsayin shugabannin gefe ɗaya, yayin da Ghaziuddin Khan da Chin Qilich Khan suka jagoranci ɗayan. Wadannan ƙungiyoyi sun ƙayyade siyasa mai daraja zuwa ƙarshen mulkin Aurangzeb.

Daga 1684, Asad Khan ya yi aiki a Deccan .  Ya kwace garuruwan Kurnool da Cuddapah don samun layin samarwa don sauƙaƙe Jinji_(1690–1698)" id="mwUQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege of Jinji (1690–1698)">Siege na Jinji, wanda ɗansa Zulfiqar Khan ya jagoranta. A shekara ta 1691, Aurangzeb ya aika Asad Khan da yarima Kam Bakhsh zuwa Jinji don taimakawa Zulfiqar Khan a cikin kewaye. Bayan matsalolin tabbatar da sansanin, Kam Bakhsh ya bude tattaunawa da abokan gaba a hankali game da umarnin kai tsaye na Aurangzeb. Asad Khan da ɗansa sun san wannan kuma sun kama shi cikin sauri; sai aka wulakanta shi, kuma an san Asad Khan ya yi wa Kam Bakhsh cin zarafi kai tsaye. Aurangzeb ya yi barazanar cire Asad Khan daga matsayin *wazir*, amma bai taba yin hakan ba. Munis Faruqui ya jaddada wannan taron a matsayin misali na yadda Aurangzeb ya kare manyan mutanen sa, wani lokacin a kan kudin sarakunan sarauta.

Aurangzeb a cikin wasiƙarsa ta ƙarshe ana zaton ya nada Asad Khan a matsayin *wazir* har abada bayan mutuwarsa. A cikin gwagwarmayar maye gurbin bayan mutuwar Aurangzeb, Asad Khan da dansa sun haɗa kai da yarima Azam Shah. Koyaya, Yarima Muhammad Muazzam ya kayar da shi a Yaƙin Jajau kuma ya hau gadon sarauta a matsayin Bahadur Shah . A matsayinsa na sarki, Bahadur Shah ya nemi ya raunana tasirin Asad Khan da Zulfiqar Khan ta hanyar ba da matsayin *wazir* ga Munim Khan, ya kawo karshen wa'adin Asad Khan a matsayin *wazir* a 1707. A maimakon haka an ba Asad Khan babban matsayi na *Vakil-i-Mutlaq,* wanda ba a yi amfani da shi ba tun lokacin mulkin Shah Jahan. Wannan ya kasance ga rashin gamsuwar Asad Khan, kuma har yanzu yana iya tattauna wani ɓangare na iko akan mukamin *wazir.* An kuma kara matsayin Asad Khan zuwa dawakai 8,000, kuma an ba shi taken Asaf-ud-Daula . 

a cikin 1712, Bahadur Shah ya gaji dansa Jahandar Shah, a ƙarƙashinsa Asad Khan ya kasance *wakil-i-mutlaq* .  An kuma sanya shi gwamna na Gujarat, kodayake ya rike wannan mukamin ba tare da shi ba. A shekara mai zuwa, Farrukhsiyar ya ci Jahandar Shah a yaƙi, kuma ya nemi mafaka a gidan Asad Khan. Asad Khan da dansa Zulfiqar Khan, duk da cewa sun goyi bayan Jahandar Shah har zuwa lokacin, sun yanke shawarar mika Jahandar Shah ga sabon sarki. Koyaya, Farrukhsiyar bai amince da Asad Khan ba kuma ya kashe ɗansa. Asad Khan ya kwashe sauran rayuwarsa a cikin duhu, kuma ya mutu a ranar 15 ga Yuni 1716 . 

## Iyali
Asad Khan ya auri Mehrunissa, 'yar Asaf Khan. An haifi Zulfiqar Khan a gare su a shekara ta 1657; ya auri 'yar Shaista Khan mai daraja a shekara ta 1677. [1] Asad Khan yana da wani ɗa daga matarsa Nawal Bai mai suna Inayat Khan, wanda ya auri ƙaramar 'yar Abul Hasan Qutb Shah, mai mulkin karshe na Golconda Sultanate.[undefined][2] Asad Khan kuma yana da 'yar da ta auri Khuda Bandah Khan, ɗan Shaista Khan mai daraja.[3] Daga cikin 'ya'yansa maza, Zulfiqar Khan ba shi da yara. Inayat Khan ya haukace a kwanakin karshe, kuma ya mutu a Delhi yana da 'ya'ya maza biyu: Salih Khan da Mirza Kazim . Salih Khan ya sami matsayi mai girma a cikin mulkin Jahandar Shah kuma an kira shi Itiqad Khan, yayin da Mirza Kazim ya lalata sunansa da aikinsa ta hanyar "haɗin kai da masu rawa".[4]

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