Jahan Khan (Afghan general)
.jpg)
Sardar Jahan Khan, better known simply as Jahan Khan, was the war minister and commander-in-chief (Sipah-Salar) under Ahmad Shah Durrani.
In 1747, Ahmad Shah Durrani formed the Durrani Empire after he was elected as Afghan king in Kandahar by local chiefs. Sardar Jahan Khan was appointed as the army general in chief and honoured with the title of Mir Bazan and Khān-i-Khānān.[1]
Jahan Khan partook in the various Durrani campaigns in Khorasan and in India, including the famous Third Battle of Panipat.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b The Kingdom of Afghanistan. A Historical Sketch (1911) by G.P. Tate, Member of the Asiatic Society
- ^ Sirāj Al-tawārīkh (1912) The History of Afghanistan by Fayż Muḥammad Kātib