| Mirza Askari Wazir Khan میرزا عسکری وزیرخان | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wazir Khan Faujdar (Commander) Sarkar (Deputy-Governor) | |||||
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| Sarkar (Deputy-Governor) of Sirhind | |||||
| Holding Office | (Late 17th-Centuries) – 12 May 1710 | ||||
| Successor | Baj Singh of Khalsa Fauj | ||||
| Padishah | Alamgir I | ||||
| Born | Mirza Askari c. 1635 Kunjpura, Delhi Subah, Mughal Empire[1] | ||||
| Died | 12 May 1710 (aged 74–75) Chappar Chiri, First Sikh State | ||||
| Issue | Tulghan Khan | ||||
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| Farsi | میرزا عسکری وزیرخان بن ظاهر حرم خان | ||||
| Father | Zahir Haram Khan | ||||
| Mother | Amina Begum | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
| Occupation | Deputy-Governor and Military Commander of the Mughal Empire | ||||
Mirza Askari (Persian: میرزا عسکری, b. 1635 — d. 12 May 1710), better known by his title Wazir Khan, He was the Moghul (Military Commander) Faujdar of Sirhind region and (Deputy-Governor) Sarkar of Sirhind under Delhi Subah in the present-day state of Punjab, and administered the territory that lay between the Sutlej and Yamuna rivers, he official notable for his conflicts with the Sikhs,[2][3][4][5] he was the descendant of (Wazir Khan Akbar Shahi) of Persian descent who was the Courtrian to the third Moghol Emperor Akbar I court's.[6]
- ^ Gandhi, Surjit (1999). Sikhs in the Eighteenth Century: Their Struggle for Survival and Supremacy. Singh Bros. p. 716. ISBN 81-7205-217-0. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
- ^ Dr Harjinder Singh, 'Sikh History in 10 Volumes', Sikh University Press, Belgium, vol. 2, p. 31.
- ^ Dr Harjinder Singh, 'Sikh History in 10 Volumes', Sikh University Press, Belgium, vol 1, pp 64, 259-60.
- ^ Tony Jaques (2007). Dictionary of battles and sieges. Vol. 3. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 948. ISBN 9780313335396.
- ^ History of Islam, p. 506, at Google Books
- ^ History of Islam, p. 506, at Google Books