# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/najib-ad-dawlah
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:22:01.070Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/najib-ad-dawlah"
name: "Najib ad-Dawlah"
slug: "najib-ad-dawlah"
description: "Najib ad-Dawlah, also known as Najib Khan Yousafzai, was an Afghan Yousafzai Rohilla who earlier served as a Mughal serviceman but later deserted the cause of the Mughals and joined Ahmad Shah Abdali in 1757 in his attack on Delhi. He was also a House Chief of Rohilkhand, and in the 1740s founded the city of Najibabad in Bijnor, India. He was instrumental in winning the Third Battle of Panipat and has been regarded as one of the greatest generals of India in the 18th century."
tagline: "Afghan Rohilla warrior and tribal chief in 18th century Rohilkhand"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Equestrian_painting_of_Nawab_Najib-ud-Daula%2C_circa_18th_century.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1707"
deathDate: "1770"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.53
  momentum:             0.4902667627974044
  historical:           8.90476
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump