Farrukhābād is a town and district in Uttar Pradesh (India) founded in 1126/1714 by the Afghan war jobber Muḥammad Khān Bangash Karlānī (d. 1156/1743). Like many other Afghan migrants, Muḥammad Khān profited from India's bustling demand for military labour and horses and carved out a small but powerful principality of his own. One year earlier, after two decades of military service for the warring chiefs of Bundelkhand, Muḥammad Khān effectively entered the imperial fray. As commander of an elephant corps (jamāʿadār-i fīl-sawār) , he supported Farrukh