Azam Khan

Mir Muhammad Baqir Iradat Khan, also known by his title Azam Khan, was a Mughal official who served as Subahdar of Bengal Subah from 1632 to 1635.

Azam Khan's real name was Mir Muhammad Baqir.

When Azam Khan was the ruler of Bengal, the English had warm relation with the authority.

Family Azam Khan's daughter was married to Prince Shuja, and they had a son: Zainul Abedin, thus tying Azam Khan to the Mughal dynasty. Azam had three known sons: Multafat Khan, Mir Khalil Khan Zaman and Mir Ishaq Iradat Khan. All three brothers supported Aurangzeb in the Mughal war of succession 1657-58, and upon Aurangzeb's ascension were rewarded amply by the emperor. Multafat Khan, who had been the diwan of Bengal, was made Diwan of the Mughal empire, but died before taking his office. He was a son-in-law of Asad Ullah Khan Mamuri, Bakhshi of the Deccan, and had a son: Hoshdar Khan, who was the best shot of gun of his age, was made the governor of Delhi by Aurangzeb in 1663. He died leaving two sons: Kamgar and Jafar in 1673. Kamgar, who was renowned for being athletic and wrestling a crocodile in Chunar, died childless in Malwa while serving as the governor of Rai'sin fort.

His second son, Mir Khalil Khan Zaman, was a son-in-law of Asaf Khan, father of Empress Mumtaz Begum. He was reportedly the favorite son of his father. He was given Narnol as his faujdari, where he dug a tank called Khalil Sagar. Later he was made the governor of Dharar during Aurangzeb's viceroyalty of the deccan, and he was considered an honest officer by Aurangzeb. Khan Zaman was later made the governor of Burhanpur after Sambhaji's invasion, and died there in 1684. His sons did not achieve any high offices.

Iradat Khan, the third son of Azam Khan, had two wives: the first was the grandniece of Asaf Khan, father of Mumtaz Begum, thus a cousin of Aurangzeb; and the second was the daughter of Zahid Khan Koka, by whom he had two sons: Muhammad Jafar and Mir Mubarak Ullah, the faujdar of Konkan in Maharashtra. Mir Mubarak Ullah died during the reign of Farrukhsiyar, and was succeeded by his son, Mir Hidayat Ullah, entitled Hushiyar Khan. Hushiyar Khan changed his allegiance to the Nizams of Hyederabad, and was in return made governor of Gulbarga, and later, Diwan of the Hyederabad State. He also fought in the Trichinopally expedition by Asaf Jah II, and died in 1744. He was said to be "addicted to women" and had many children, and his son Hafiz Khan was serving as the governor of Gulbarga under the Nizams in 1775. Thus, Azam Khan's descendants became a part of the Hyederabadi nobility.