Kamal Khan Gakhar Explained

Kamal Gakhar
Reign:1555 - 1566
Religion:Sunni Islam
Death Date:1566
Predecessor:Adam Khan Gakhar
Successor:Said Khan Gakhar
Father:Sarang Gakhar
Full Name:Kamal Gakhar putt Sarang Gakhar
Succession:Sultan of Pothohar
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Kamal Khan Gakhar was a Chief of the Gakhars and a Mughal General in the 16th century. He assumed the throne of Pothohar Plateau by defeating his uncle Adam Khan in battle with help of the Mughal Emperor Jalaluddin Akbar, his father was Sarang Khan who was famous for resisting Suris, losing his life in the struggle.[1] [2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Awrangābādī, Shāhnavāz Khān . The Maāt̲h̲ir-ul-umarā: Being Biographies of the Muḥammadan and Hindu Officers of the Timurid Sovereigns of India from 1500 to about 1780 A.D. . 1979 . Janaki Prakashan . 758–760 . en.
  2. Book: Singh . Surinder . Popular Literature and Pre-modern Societies in South Asia . Gaur . I. D. . 2008 . Pearson Education India . 978-81-317-1358-7 . 92 . en.
  3. Book: Sharma, Parvati . A Lamp for the Dark World: Akbar, India's Greatest Mughal . 2023-05-15 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1-5381-7790-7 . 100–101 . en.