Akbar Khan may refer to the following in South Asia:
History and politics
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Akbar
Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Hum ...
, Mughal emperor, Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad (Akbar)
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Wazir Akbar Khan
Wazīr Akbar Khān (Pashto/Dari: ; 1816-1847), born Mohammad Akbar Khān () and also known as Amīr Akbar Khān (), was an Afghan prince, general, emir for a year, and finally wazir/heir apparent to Dost Mohammad Khan until his death in 1847. ...
(1816-1845), Afghan Prince, general and a tribal leader involved in the first Anglo-Afghan War
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Akbar Khan (Pakistani general)
Major General Mohammed Akbar Khan, DSO (1912–1993) was a decorated officer of the British Indian Army and later Pakistan Army. He commanded the Kashmiri rebels and Pashtun irregulars in the First Kashmir War under the pseudonym 'General Tari ...
(1912-1993), planned the first Indo-Pakistani war of 1947
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Akbar Ayub Khan
Akbar Ayub Khan is a prominent Pakistani politician who has held various ministerial positions in the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He has served as Minister of Communication and Work department, Education, Local Government, Electio ...
(born 1971), Pakistani politician
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Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti
Nawab Akbar Shahbaz Khan Bugti ( Balochi, Urdu: ; 12 July 1927 – 26 August 2006) was a Pakistani politician and the Tumandar (head) of the Bugti tribe of Baloch people who served as the Minister of State for Interior and Governor of Balochis ...
, chief of Bugti tribe and former Governor of Balochistan province
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Muhammed Akbar Khan
Muhammed Akbar Khan ( ur, محمد اکبر خان), MBE PA-1 (19 April 1897 - 1993) was a Pakistani general and at the time of the independence of Pakistan, he was the most senior Muslim General. He also served as the first Senior Military Se ...
, first native Muslim general in British Indian Army
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Muhammad Akbar Khan (politician), member of the Punjab Province (British India) legislative council
Culture and science
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Akbar Khan (director)
Akbar Khan (born 7 July 1949) is an Indian actor, screenwriter, film producer, producer and Film director, director. He is the youngest brother of the Indian actor, producer, editor and director, Feroz Khan (actor, born 1939), Feroz Khan and Sa ...
, Indian film director, producer, writer, actor and brother of Feroz Khan, Sanjay Khan & Sameer Khan
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Ali Akbar Khan
Ali Akbar Khan (14 April 192218 June 2009) was a Indian Hindustani classical musician of the Maihar gharana, known for his virtuosity in playing the sarod. Trained as a classical musician and instrumentalist by his father, Allauddin Khan, he ...
(1922–2009), Indian classical musician
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Akbar Ali Khan (economist)
Akbar Ali Khan (1944 – 8 September 2022) was a Bangladeshi economist and educationist who served as a bureaucrat until 2001. He was a sub-divisional officer of Habiganj during the Bangladesh Liberation War when he decided to join the war. Lat ...
, Bangladeshi economist and educationist
Other persons
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Akbar Khan (disability activist)
Akbar Khan ( hi, अकबर ख़ान) is a recipient of India's National Award for The Welfare of Persons with Disability in 1989.
Early life and education
Akbar Khan was born on 16 August 1962 in a Muslim family to Kistoor Khan, a far ...
(born 1962), recipient of India's National Award for The Welfare of Persons with Disability in 1989
Places
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Akbar Khan Mehwa, a village and former princely (e)state, part of Pantlavdi, in Pandu, Rewa Kantha, Gujarat
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