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Sardar Sher Ali Khan

Sardar Sher Ali Khan, (Persian and Pashto: سردار شیر  علی خان; c. 1834 – 1897) An Influential Figure in the History of Afghanistan. Sardar Sher Ali Khan Ruled Kandhar as Governer From 1869 to 1881.

Early Life and Family:

He was the Seventh Son of Sardar Mehrdil Khan. A Famous Literary and Political Personality of Kandahar. Sardar Mehrdil Khan was one of the Twenty-Five sons of Amer Payinda Muhammad Khan Muhammadzai Barakzai, Who has a great Name in the History of Afghanistan.

Sardar Sher Ali Khan's Father and Uncle were known as Kandhari Sardars, and his late Uncle, Sardar Rahmdil Dil Khan, Ruled Sindh, Balochistan, and Kandahar in the 1823s.

Life as Ruler:

Sardar Sher Ali Khan himself served as the Minister of Herat to his uncle Amir Dost Muhammad Khan in 1857, and later, in 1860, He was appointed as the Governor of Kandahar by His brother-In-Law Amir Sher Ali Khan (Amir of Afganistan).

During his Tenure as Governor of Kandahar, A British Army Under General Donald Stewart occupied Kandahar in 1879. On May 11, 1880 Sardar Sher Ali Khan was Recognized Officially in a Public Durbar as the "Wali of Kandahar and its Dependencies." In a letter that was read on the occasion the Viceroy addressed had him thus: "I have the pleasure in announcing to you that Her Majesty the Queen-Empress has been pleased to recognize Your Highness as an independent ruler of Kandahar."

Later Life:

He was the Governor of Kandahar for 16 years and Migrated to British India in 1881 after the Second Anglo-Afghan War. He took imposed Self-Exiled During his migration, He took along with him 160 members of his family. He was warmly welcomed by the British Government in India, and they gave him 16,000 Thousand acres of land. Sardar Sher Ali Khan dedicated a huge cemetery for his family in Karachi, Known as Mahwadshah Qabristan.

Death:

Sardar Sher Ali Khan Passed Away on the 22nd of January 1897, During the 17th of Shaban. He had four wives and Fifteen Sons.

Sons:

1 Sardar Nazar Ali Khan.

2 Sardar Haider Ali Khan.

3 Sardar Nur Ali Khan.

4 Sardar Shahnawaz Khan.

5 Sardar Muhammad Hayat Khan.

6 Sardar Ataullah Khan.

7 Sardar Ahmed Ali Khan.

8 Sardar Nek Muhammad Khan.

9 Sardar Ayaz Khan.

10 Sardar Muhammad Aziz Khan.

11 Sardar Sardar Abdullah Khan.

12 Sardar MehrAli Khan.

13 Sardar Fazil Ahmed Khan.

14 Sardar Muhammad Ali Khan.

15 Sardar Ghulam Nabi Khan.