Arriving in India many members of his family including him rose to high positions in the
Mughal Empire. Initially a stalwart of the
Marathas he defected in 1790, threatened by the rising power of
Mahadaji Shinde in the Mughal court. He was defeated by the Marathas at the Battle of Patan whereafter he fled to the
Rajput kingdom of
Jaipur and thereafter to
Jodhpur. He later went to Kanaud, now known as Mahendragarh, upon the offer of the widow of
Najaf Quli Khan to marry her. Despite her initial approval, she later chose not to marry him and opposed his entry in the fort. Ismail Beg fled to
Madhogarh and when the Marathas received this intel, Khande Rao marched against him. Ismail Beg was captured in 1792 and imprisoned thereafter in
Agra Fort by the Maratha general Mahadaji Shinde. He was put to death by the orders of Mughal emperor
Shah Alam II in March 1794. ==References==