Shahabuddin Khan Meo
Shahabuddin Khan Meo
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The first war for control over India between the armies
of Babar and Ibrahim Khan Lodhi, who was then ruling India,
was fought at Panipat. In this war, Hasan Khan Mewati, who was
then ruler of Mewat, also fought along with Ibrahim Lodhi.
Babar came out as conqueror. Tahir Khan, son of Hasan Khan
Mewati was captured and Babar took him along to Agra. Hasan
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End of the rule of Meos over the area, however, did not
end their struggle for autonomy. Hashim Amir Ali, in his book,
The Meo of Mewat 7 , mentions: “With Hasan Khan of Mewat
went the last brave, powerful and intelligent rule of this
community.” Later, he mentions, “But the Meos appear to have
remained Meos. Even a hundred years later, under the leadership
of Ikram Khan, they gave trouble to Aurangzeb, the last of the
great Mughals 8 .”