Shaikh Farid Bukhari
Murtaza Khan Sheikh Farid Bukhari | |
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Portrait of Murtaza Khan by Manohar Das and Muhammad Daulat | |
| Mir Bakhshi of the Mughal Empire | |
| In office 1600–? | |
| Monarch | Akbar |
| Subahdar of Gujarat | |
| In office 1606–1609 | |
| Monarch | Jahangir |
| Succeeded by | Mirza Aziz Koka |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown |
| Died | 1616 |
| Resting place | Serai Shahji, Delhi |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Mughal Empire |
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Shaikh Farid Bukhari (died 1616), also known by the title Murtaza Khan, was a leading Mughal noble of the 17th century. He served as mir bakhshi of the empire during the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar. During the reign of Akbar's successor Jahangir, he played a key role in the suppression of prince Khusrau's rebellion, and later governed the provinces of Gujarat and Punjab. He was also well known as an architectural patron in Mughal India, and founded the city of Faridabad in modern-day Haryana, India.