Portrait of Nazar Bahadur Khweshgi (Pashtun)

Portrait of Nazar Khan Khweshgi (Pashtun). Source

Nazar Bahadur Khweshgi was born in the Pashtun colony of Kasur in Punjab. He was a noble of Mughal empire in the reigns of Jahangir and Shah Jahan. He reached the mansab of 4,000/4,000.

The Khwesgi Pashtuns had accompanied the army of Mughal king Babur in 1526 and had fought on his behalf against the army of Sultan Ibrahim Lodi. As a reward for their services, Babur granted them the present territory of Kasur as jagir. They were regarded with favour by Mughal emperors and many of them attained high ranks in the Mughal nobility.