On the death of Yar Mohammed Khan, his eldest son Faiz Mohammed Khan succeeded him with the assistance of Diwan Bijai Ram. He died in 1742 and was buried in Islamnagar where his tomb is still standing. Yar Mohammed Khan ruled for fifteen years. The Marathas were making inroad to Malwa in 1737, Yar Mohammed Khan tried to make friendship with the Marathas by paying them handsome ransom, requesting however that his territories might not be devastated. Marathas had a contest with Yar Mohammed Khan in which many lives were lost. His successor Yar Mohammed Khan however went back to Islamnagar. It was Dost Mohammed Khan who had decided to build his capital at Bhopal in 1722. By this time he had carved out the state of Bhopal and placed it on a firm footing. Dost Mohammed died in 1726 at the age of 66. He shifted his headquarters to Islaminnagar and built a fort. Dost Mohammed Khan seized the fort of Ginnor, curbed the rebels, bestowing the grants according to their degree of control upon the rest and earned their gratitude.īy treachery and deceit, destroyed the Deora Rajputs and also slaughtered and drowned them down into a river which since then is known as Halali, the river of salughters. Dost Mohammed Khan was a shrewd and cunning Afghan Sardar who began acquiring smaller principalities. After the death of Nizam Shah, Rani Kamlavati came to an agreement with Dost Mohammed Khan to manage the affairs of the xvi state. His widow, Kamlavati and son Naval Shah became helpless.

Nizam Shah died of poisoning by Chain Shah. The Gond king Nizam Shah was the ruler of this area. These territories were known as Chaklas of which Chakla Ginnour was one consisting of 750 villages. During the Mughal invasion in Malwa a sizeable area of the territory comprising Bhopal state was under the possession of Gond Kingdom. The Gond dynasty had a number of powerful kings like Madan Shah, Gorakhdas, Arjundas and Sangram Shah. In the beginning of 14th century a Gond warrior called Yadoram established the Gond Kingdom with his headquarters at Garha Mandla. He made Dhar as the capital of his kingdom. In 1401 Dilawar Khan Ghori took charge of this territory. The most notable of them was Raja Bhoj who was both a great scholar and a great warrior.After the invasion by Altamash the Mohammadans began to infiltrate into Malwa which included Bhopal as a part. It was in the tenth century that the names of Rajput clans began to appear in Malwa. There is a legend that Bhopal, for long, was a part of “Mahakautar” a barrier of dense forests and hills, outlined by the Narmada separating the north, from north to south.Early history of the territory comprising Bhopal district was in oblivion. Since long there is a famous saying about Bhopal lake, “Talon mein tal Bhopal tal, baki sab tallaiya”. Initially the lake was quite big but as time has elapsed only a small portion of it has remained to be seen as “Bada Talab” i.e. Fleet considers it to be derived simply from Bhupala, a King, the popular derivation being an instance of the striving after a meaning so common in such cases.” The name is, however, invariably pronounced, Bhupal and Dr. The still greater work which formerly held up the Tal (lake) being attributed to this monarch himself. “The name (Bhopal) is popularly derived from Bhojpal or Bhoj’s dam, the great dam which now holds up the Bhopal city lakes, and is said to have been built by a Minister of Raja Bhoj,the Parmar ruler of Dhar.

The etymology of the term Bhopal has been derived from its former name Bhojpal as would be evident form the following extract from the imperial Gazetter of Central India,1908 P.240. Notification No.2477/1977/Sa/One/ dated 13th September, 1972.The district derives its name from the district head-quarters town Bhopal which is also the capital of Madhya Pradesh. Bhopal district was carved out of the erstwhile Sehore District of Bhopal division vide M.P.Govt.

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