Ali Mardan Khan | |
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| Governor of Kabul | |
| In office 1638–1657 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Qandahar, Qandahar, Safavid Empire |
| Died | 2 April 1657 Lahore, Lahore, Mughal Empire |
| Resting place | Tomb of Ali Mardan Khan |
| Children | Ibrahim Khan II |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Safavid Empire Mughal Empire |
Ali Mardan Khan (Persian: علی مردان خان; died 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.
- ^ Tomb of Ali Mardan Khan
- ^ 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