Khizar Khan
- As the sources spell it: Khwaja Khizar Khan (Royal Ark, durrani1); Khwaja Khizr Khan (Royal Ark, durrani2); Khizar Khan (Griffin 1890, vol. 1, p. 74); Khizar Khan (Revised Pedigree Tables 1899, p. 8)
- Born: 29 September 1582 (Royal Ark, durrani2)
- Died: 13 September 1627 (Royal Ark, durrani2)
- Died: 1626 — “Khizar Khan died in 1626” (Griffin 1890, vol. 1, p. 74)
- Reigned: 1627 (Royal Ark, durrani2)
- succeeded his father as chief; made the chiefship over to his brother Mahdud Khan (Griffin 1890, vol. 1, p. 74)
- from whom descended Ahmad Shah, Durani, and the Khizar Khels (Revised Pedigree Tables 1899, p. 8)
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Parents
Sado Khan 1558–1627 (Griffin 1890, vol. 1, p. 74; Revised Pedigree Tables 1899, p. 8; Royal Ark, durrani2)
Marriages and children
with the other parent not recorded
- Sher Muhammad Khan 1614–c. 1666
- Sultan Khuda Dad Khan before 1614–1665
Sources
- Lepel H. Griffin, revised by Charles Francis Massy. The Punjab Chiefs: Historical and Biographical Notices of the Principal Families in the Lahore and Rawalpindi Divisions of the Panjab, vol. 1. Lahore, Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1890. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206744
- Revised Pedigree Tables of the Families mentioned in Griffin's Punjab Chiefs and Massy's "Chiefs & Families of Note in the Punjab". Lahore, 1899. https://archive.org/details/revised-pedigree-tables-1899
- Christopher Buyers. The Royal Ark: Royal and Ruling Houses of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas — Afghanistan. https://royalark.net/Afghanistan/afghan.htm