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Mir Ahmad Yar Khan Ahmedzai GCIE (1902–1979), commonly referred to as Ahmad Yar Khan, was the last Khan of Kalat, a princely state in a subsidiary alliance with British India and the Dominion of Pakistan, serving from 10 September 1933 to 14 October 1955.
The Khanate of Kalat, also known as the Brahui Confederacy, [2] was a Brahui Khanate that originated in the modern-day Kalat region of Pakistan.Formed in 1666 due to the threat of Mughal expansion in the region, [3] [4] it controlled the wider Balochistan at its greatest extent in the mid-18th century, [2] extending from Kerman in the west to Sindh in the east and from Helmand River in the ...
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The area became the Kalat Division when the Union was dissolved. The first head of the Union was the Khan of Kalat, Ahmad of Kalat. The main governing body was the Council of Rulers which comprised the Khan-e-Azam Khan of Kalat, the Jam of Lasbela and the Nawabs of Kharan and Makran.
Nasir Khan began his reign in 1749 when Ahmad Shah Durrani, the ruler of the Durrani Empire, replaced Haji Khan, who was the previous ruler of Kalat. Throughout his reign, Nasir Khan undertook 25 military campaigns. He had accompanied Ahmad Shah in his campaign in Khorasan as well as the Third battle of Panipat.
Nauroz Khan became Nawab and leader of the Zehri tribe in the Jhalawan [1] area of Kalat at a time before the introduction of electricity or motor vehicles, head of a largely nomadic people in a harsh mountain / desert environment, but with a rich tradition of Baluchi, Persian and Muslim culture. [citation needed]
Agha Mir Suleman Dawood Jan Ahmedzai (Balochi: آغا میر سلیمان داوود خان احمدزی) is the 35th Khan of Kalat, a position he has held since the death of his father, Mir Dawood Jan, in 1998. [1] Currently, he lives in self-imposed exile in Wales. His only son, Prince Mir Mohammad Khan Ahmadzai, is estranged from him. [2]
Ahmad Shah mobilized 18,000 men and also called upon Nasir Khan of Kalat. [6] Ahmad Shah and Nasir Khan marched their forces across the Punjab, with Nasir Khan crossing the Ravi river. The two forces united at Eminabad. [7] The following day, Ahmad Shah marched to the Ravi river again, before marching on Lahore.