Najabat Khan ( † 17 October 1760) was an Afghan warrior of the 18th century, and founder of a line of chiefs of Kunjpura[1] which he was granted by Nader Shah in 1739 and the titlehood "Nawab".
[4][5] In 1748 he obtained a sanad from the Durrani Padishāh Ahmad Shah Abdali,[a] who was then in the height of his power in Northern India, granting him a "hereditary jagir" of 149 villages.
Small regional powers asked for help from Abdali against the armies of Marathas, who occupied Mughal areas following the death of Aurangzeb.
Ahmad Shāh was enraged by this and ordered a crossing of the river at all costs beginning the Third Battle of Panipat resulting in the defeat and annihilation of 100,000 Marathas.
[9] His direct descendants had embroiled in very costly legal disputes over inheritance issues - these were ultimately settled by the British colonial judiciary during the period of Crown control in India.
The ancestral home in Mohalla Ishaq Zai is still owned by the descendants of Nawab Najabat Khan's brother, which has attracted well-wishers from Kunjpura, Lahore, Karachi.