Thursday 14 March 2019

Usman Khan (Shah Shuja's Wazir)




Sketch of Usman Khan (a Kamran Khel Saddozai), from London Illustrated News, dated to December 18, 1858. 




Usman Khan served as Grand Wazir of Shah Shuja in 1840-1842. He fled to Peshawar after the Anglo-Afghan war and joined the British. He fought on the side of British in Second Anglo-Sikh war (1848-1849) and was stationed at Attock. His son Muhammad Aslam Khan was the first Muslim Commandant of Khyber Rifles.




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