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Khan Bahadur Raja Jahandad Khan
Khan Bahadur Raja Jahandad Khan, (1849–1906) was a politician and Chief of the Gakhars and a descendant of Sultan Sarang Khan Ghakkar, King of Potohar. Raja Jahandad took the title of ''Khan Bahadur'' on 24 May 1881 and the Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) on 1 January 1904. Recognition Khan was invested with the gold Kaisar-i-Hind Medal by the Viceroy of India, Lord Hardinge, in recognition of the many years of service since 1877 he had so loyally given the British Raj in India. Raja Jahandad Khan remained Assistant Commissioner, Punjab. He was sent as an ambassador of the British Government of India to Afghanistan to congratulate Amir Habibullah Khan of Kabul. Family As a young man, Raja Jahandad inherited the Khanpur (NWFP) estate containing 84 villages from his father Sultan Raja Haider Bukhsh. Khanpur estate was founded by Fateh Khan son of Said Khan probably in or around 1597. At that time, the estate consisted of 225 villages. Raja Jahandad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sultan Jahandad Khan
Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be used as the title of certain rulers who claimed almost full sovereignty (i.e., not having dependence on any higher ruler) without claiming the overall caliphate, or to refer to a powerful governor of a province within the caliphate. The adjectival form of the word is "sultanic", and the state and territories ruled by a sultan, as well as his office, are referred to as a sultanate ( '. The term is distinct from king ( '), despite both referring to a sovereign ruler. The use of "sultan" is restricted to Muslim countries, where the title carries religious significance, contrasting the more secular ''king'', which is used in both Muslim and non-Muslim countries. Brunei and Oman are the only independent countries which retain the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
