Khanzadas of Mewat

Mewat
1372–1527
South Asia 1525 CE DELHI SULTANATE (LODIS) KABUL (Babur) SHAH MIR SULTANATE KANGRA PHAGMODRUPAS KHANDESH SULTANATE BERAR SULTANATE MALWA SULTANATE ARGHUNS KALMAT LANGAH SULTANATE SHEKHAWAT AMARKOT SHEKHAWAT AMARKOT JAISALMER BIKANER GUJARAT SULTANATE MEWAR MARWAR AMBER KARAULI MEWAT SIROHI BUNDI VAGAD DIMASA TRIPWA AHOM KAMATAS CHEROS BENGAL SULTANATE GAJAPATI EMPIRE Tribal states AHMADNAGAR SULTANATE VIJAYANAGARA EMPIRE BIJAPUR SULTANATE BIDAR SULTANATE GOLKONDA SULTANATE ◁ Location of Mewat within Rajputana circa 1525, with neighbouring polities.[1]
Capital	Alwar
Religion	Sunni Islam
Government	Tributary to the Delhi Sultanate (1372-1427) Independent Monarchy (1427-1527)
Raja
• 1372	Raja Bahadur Nahar Khan(first)
• 1527	Hasan Khan Mewati (last)
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established	1372
• Disestablished	1527

The Mewat State was a sovereign kingdom ruled by the Khanzadas of Mewat. They were a ruling dynasty of Muslim Rajputs from Rajputana who had their capital at Alwar. The Khanzadas were Muslim Rajputs who descended from Raja Sonpar Pal who was a Rajput who converted to Islam during the period of the Delhi Sultanate in India.^[2][3]

In 1372, Firuz Shah Tughlaq granted the Lordship of Mewat to Raja Nahar Khan, (who was formerly known as Raja Sonpar Pal, of Kotla). Raja Nahar Khan established a hereditary polity in Mewat and proclaimed the title of Wali-e-Mewat. Later his descendants affirmed their own sovereignty in Mewat. They ruled Mewat till 1527.

The last Khanzada Rajput ruler of Mewat was Hasan Khan Mewati, who died in the Battle of Khanwa. Following this battle, Mewat was integrated into the Mughal Empire and the Khanzadas became a part of the Mughal nobility.^{[citation needed]}

The Khanzada Rajputs rulers of Mewat State adopted the title "Wali-e-Mewat". The title was later changed to "Shah-e-Mewat" by Hasan Khan Mewati in 1505.

In the following centuries, the Khanzadas were reduced to the status of zamindars. Many continued to serve in the Alwar State Forces and British Indian Army. the Gorwal gotra of the Meos seem to be a tributary to the Khanzada Rajputs, however this is unclear.^[4] However, the Chowdhurys' of Tijara and Nawabs of Shahabad, Alwar remained important Khanzadas strongholds.

Among them Nawab Feroz Khan of Shahabad, Alwar and Khan Bahadur Fateh Naseeb Khan of Tijara, Alwar achieved Imperial chivalry ranks.

After the Partition of India, majority Khanzadas of Mewat migrated to Pakistan following the religious violence in India in 1947, and settled in these Districts: Karachi, Hederabad, Nawabshah, Larakana, Kasur, Faisalabad and Narowal.^[5]