Ali Mardan Khan

Ali Mardan Khan
Governor of Kabul
In office
March 1638 – 2 April 1657
Personal details
BornQandahar, Qandahar, Safavid Empire
Died2 April 1657
Lahore, Lahore, Mughal Empire
Resting placeTomb of Ali Mardan Khan
ChildrenIbrahim Khan II
Parent
Military service
Allegiance Safavid Empire (1624–1638)
Mughal Empire (1638–1657)

Ali Mardan Khan (Persian: علی مردان خان; died 2 April 1657[1]) was a Kurdish[2] military leader and administrator, serving under the Safavid kings Shah Abbas I and Shah Safi, and later the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan. He was the son of Ganj Ali Khan. After surrendering the city of Qandahar, part of the easternmost territories of the Safavids to the Mughals in 1638, he served with distinction in the Mughal administration, earning the highest honors of the Mughal court.

  1. ^ Tomb of Ali Mardan Khan
  2. ^ J.J.L. Gommans, "Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers and Highroads to Empire 1500–1700" one year after the Kurdish turncoat Ali Mardan Khan had handed Qandahar
    - Rajmohan Gandhi, "Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten" Shah Jahan's chief engineer for such projects was a Kurdish general, Ali Mardan Khan Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine
    - Clifford Edmund Bosworth, E. Van Donzel, B. Lewis, The Encyclopaedia of Islam: Supplement : "Fascicules 1-2", pg. 63