Gurgin Khan (Bengal)

For the Georgian monarch also known as Gurgin Khan, see George XI of Kartli.
Gurgin Khan
An eighteenth-century painting of an officer, probably Gurgin Khan (seated)
Native name
Grigor Harutiunian
Died1763 (1764)
Bengal Subah
AllegianceBengal Subah (Mughal Empire)
Service years18th century
RankGeneral
CommandsBengal army under Mir Qasim
Conflicts
  • Battle of Udhwa Nala
  • Conflicts with the British East India Company

Khoja Gregory (died August 1763), better known as Gurgin Khan, was an Armenian merchant and military leader who served Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal from 1760 to 1764, as minister of war and commander-in-chief. He was responsible for reforming the nawab's army along European lines. He was assassinated under unclear circumstances—possibly on Mir Qasim's orders—during the nawab's conflict with the British.


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