Khan Abdul Bahram Khan ( ur, خان عبدل بهرام خان) was the founder of major
political family
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of
Pakistan
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. Khan Abdul Bahram Khan's sons
Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan
Dr. Khan Sahib ( ps, ډاکټر خان صیب ) (born 1883, Utmanzai, Charsadda – 9 May 1958, Lahore), mistakenly named as Khan Abdul Jabbar Khan (), was a pioneer in the Indian Independence Movement and a Pakistani politician. He was the eld ...
(usually referred to as "''Dr. Khan Sahib''") and
Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Abdul Ghaffār Khān (; 6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988), also known as Bacha Khan () or Badshah Khan (), and honourably addressed as Fakhr-e-Afghan (), was a Pakistani Pashtun, independence activist, and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar ...
(Bacha Khan) were political leaders in
Pakistan
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.
Abdul Bahram Khan was a land owner, farmer, and the chief of
Pashtun
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tribe Mohammadzai in
Charsadda
Chārsadda ( ps, چارسده; ; ur, ; ) is a town and headquarters of Charsadda District, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. ,
North-West Frontier Province
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,
British India
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.
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See also
* Abdul Ghani Khan
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* Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Abdul Ghaffār Khān (; 6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988), also known as Bacha Khan () or Badshah Khan (), and honourably addressed as Fakhr-e-Afghan (), was a Pakistani Pashtun, independence activist, and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar ...
* Abdul Wali Khan
Khan Abdul Wali Khan ( ps, خان عبدالولي خان; 11 January 1917 – 26 January 2006) was a Pakistani secular democratic socialist and Pashtun people, Pashtun leader, and served as president of Awami National Party. Son of the promin ...
* Family of Bahram Khan
The Bahram Khan family ( ps, د بهرام خان کورنۍ) is a major political family from Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Family tree
The members of Bahram Khan family who have been active in politics are:
* Khan Abdul Ba ...
References
Pashtun people
Khan Abdul
Pakistani landowners
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