Name: Qadam Sharif
Address: Qadam Sharif, South Asia

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Mahabat Khan II

Mahabat Khan II (d. 2 January 1675), born Mirza Luhrasp, was a Mughal noble under Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb and the second son of Zamana Beg, the first Mahabat Khan. He became mir bakhshi of the empire in 1651, inherited his father's title in 1652, governed Kabul repeatedly and Gujarat from 1662 to 1668, was known for outspoken criticism of the growing political power of the Islamic clergy under Aurangzeb, and has been credited by scholars with Peshawar's Mahabat Khan Mosque.

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