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Kurdish Noble in the Mughal Empire
Ali Mardan Khan was a distinguished military commander and high-ranking administrator who served under the Safavid monarchs Shah ʿAbbās I and Shah Ṣafī, and later held prominent positions within the Mughal Empire under Emperor Shah Jahan.
Ali Mardan Khan was an influential patron of architecture. During his tenure as a Safavid official, he oversaw the construction of the cistern within the Ganj Ali Khan complex in Kerman and commissioned several gardens in Qandahar. His most significant architectural achievement under Mughal service was the design and implementation of a major canal that supplied water to the suburbs of Lahore from the Ravi River.
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By comparison, the four highest-ranking nobles in the empire included Ali Mardan Khan.
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Richards, John F. (1995). "Shah Jahan 1628–1658". The Mughal Empire. The New Cambridge History of India. Vol. 1.5. p.144
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