Hafiz Rahmat Khan Barech

Hafiz Rahmat Khan Barech

Military-Chief of the Mughal Empire
Mughal Regent of Rohilkhand
Regentship1749  1774
Native nameحافظ رحمت خان
Born1723 (1723)
Kabul Subah
(present-day Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
DiedApril 1774(1774-04-00) (aged 50–51)
Miranpur, Kingdom of Rohilkhand
BuriedBareilly, Rohilkhand
Military career
AllegianceMughal Empire
BranchRegents of Rohilkhand
RankWali
Faujdar
Ispahsalar
Battles / wars

Hafiz Rahmat Khan (1723 – April 1774) was the Regent of Rohilkhand in North India, from 1749 to 1774. He was a Pashtun by background, ruling over the Rohilla. Hafiz Rahmat Khan had served honorably throughout the reign of three Mughal Emperors: Ahmad Shah Bahadur, Alamgir II and Shah Alam II. He was also a mentor of Prince Mirza Jawan Bakht.