Amir Khan III was the title of Muhammad Ishaq the son of Amir Khan II

Amir Khan II

Amir Khan II surnamed Mir Miran the son of Khalilullah Khan Yezdi was a nobleman of high rank in the time of the Mughal emperors Shah Jahan and Alamgir and a great favorite of the latter. He was Subedar or governor of Kabul. He died at Kabul on the April 28, 1698 and the emperor conferred the title...

 and a descendant of the celebrated Shah Na’matullah Wali. He was a favorite of the Emperor Muhammad Shah

Muhammad Shah

Muhammad Shah also known as Roshan Akhtar, was a Mughal emperor of India between 1719 and 1748. He was son of Khujista Akhtar Jahan Shah, the fourth son of Bahadur Shah I. Ascending the throne at 17 with the help of the Sayyid Brothers, he later got rid of them with the help of Nizam-ul-Mulk Chin...

 but was appointed governor of Allahabad

Allahabad

Allahabad , or Settled by God in Persian, is a major city of India and is one of the main holy cities of Hinduism. It was renamed by the Mughals from the ancient name of Prayaga , and is by some accounts the second-oldest city in India. It is located in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,...

 in 1739 against his wishes due to the Vizier Qamar ud-Din Khan and re-called to court in 1743 C.E. He was naturally of free speech and the emperor fond of his repartee had him more license in his conversation than was consistent with respect to his own dignity when he was on business with the emperor which by degrees disgusted Muhammad Shah

Muhammad Shah

Muhammad Shah also known as Roshan Akhtar, was a Mughal emperor of India between 1719 and 1748. He was son of Khujista Akhtar Jahan Shah, the fourth son of Bahadur Shah I. Ascending the throne at 17 with the help of the Sayyid Brothers, he later got rid of them with the help of Nizam-ul-Mulk Chin...

 and made him wish his removal from office. He was consequently with the consent of the emperor stabbed with a dagger by a person who had been discharged from his service and fell down dead on the spot. This circumstance took place on Friday the December 26, 1747. He was buried after four days in the mausoleum of Khalilullah Khan his grandfather which is close to the Sarai Ruhullah Khan at Delhi

Delhi

Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...

. His poetical name was Anjaam. He composed logo-graphs and has left Persian

Persian literature

Persian literature spans two-and-a-half millennia, though much of the pre-Islamic material has been lost. Its sources have been within historical Persia including present-day Iran as well as regions of Central Asia where the Persian language has historically been the national language...

 and Rekhta

Rekhta

Rekhta was the Persianized form of the Khariboli dialect of Hindi now known by the names "Hindustani", "Hindi", and "Urdu", although Rekhta is now almost synonymous with Urdu, as its poetry is still used and made today by Urdu speakers. From the late 17th century till the closing decades of the...

poems. There is a full account of Amir Khan in the Sujar ul Mutukharin where he is said to have died in the same year as the emperor.