Monday, 16 May 2022

Muhammad Aslam Khan Saddozai, first Muslim commandant of Khyber Rifles

Sardar Muhammad Aslam Khan (a Kamran Khel Saddozai) was the first Muslim Commandant of Khyber Rifles. Aslam Khan's father Usman Khan, who had served as Grand Wazir of Shah Shuja Durrani in 1840-1842, fled to Peshawar after the Anglo-Afghan war and joined the British.


Muhammad Aslam Khan and Robert Warburton
Lieut. Colonel Muhammad Aslam Khan and Robert Warburton, 1897.


Aslam Khan of Khyber Rifles

Aslam Khan, 1906

Aslam Khan, 1900 (c). Photo by W.D.Holmes.



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