Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Aligarh" in English language version.
when a Shia commander, Najaf Khan, captured Kol, he gave it its present name of Aligarh.
The areas of Meerut, Baran (modern Buland sher) and Koil (modern Aligarh) in upper doab had been under the control of Dor Rajputs, had been occupied by the Turks shortly after the battle of Tarain