Shaikh Farid Bukhari

Murtaza Khan Shaikh Farid Bukhari
Portrait of Murtaza Khan
Mir Bakhshi of the Mughal Empire
In office 1600–?
Monarch	Akbar
Subahdar of Gujarat
In office 1606–1609
Monarch	Jahangir
Succeeded by	Mirza Aziz Koka
Personal details
Born	Sheikh Farid Bukhari
Died	1616
Resting place	Serai Shahji, Delhi
Military service
Allegiance	Mughal Empire

Shaikh Farid Bukhari (died 1616),^[1] also known by the title Murtaza Khan, was a leading Mughal noble of the 17th century. He served as mir bakhshi of the empire during the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar. During the reign of Akbar's successor Jahangir, he played a key role in the suppression of prince Khusrau's rebellion, and later governed the provinces of Gujarat and Punjab. He was also well known as an architectural patron in Mughal India, and founded the city of Faridabad in modern-day Haryana, India.