Kamboh Nawabs of Meerut

[2][3] His son Nawab Muhammed Khan, the progenitor of the family, came to the region as Faujdar of Etawah in the 17th century.

He flourished during the eras of Aurangzeb and Bahadur Shah I, and fortified Meerut in c. 1696.

[3] The family had been firmly established in the cities of Marehra, Amroha, Bareilly and Meerut in western UP by the 18th century, and was dissassociated with their kins in Punjab.

[4] It remained prominent after the decline of Mughal power well into the British colonial period, with the politics of Meerut being dominated by the Kamboh Nawabs until 1947.

[5] Several of its members played active role in the Aligarh and Pakistan Movements, including Muhammad Yamin Khan, Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk and his nephew, Ziauddin Ahmad.