Raja Jahandad Khan

Khan Bahadur Raja Jahandad Khan, CIE (1849–1906) was a politician and the chief of the Gakhars[1] in the British Indian Empire. He was granted the title of Khan Bahadur on 24 May 1881 and the Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) on 1 January 1904.[2][3]

Biography

Khan was from the Khanpur family of Gakhars. Raja Jahandad inherited the Khanpur estate containing 84 villages from his father Sultan Raja Haider Bukhsh. He was invested with the gold Kaisar-i-Hind Medal by the Viceroy of India, Lord Hardinge, in recognition of the many years of service since 1877 he had so loyally rendered to the British Raj.[4] Raja Jahandad Khan remained Assistant Commissioner of Rawalpindi, Punjab. He was sent as an ambassador of the British Government of India to Afghanistan to congratulate Amir Habibullah Khan of Kabul on his accession.[5]

Family

Raja Jahandad Khan had three sons — Captain Sultan Raja Haider Zaman (MBE, Delhi Durbar Medal, Delhi Coronation Medal, Chairman District board Hazara); Raja Manochehar Khan (MLA NWFP Assembly 1937) and Raja Safdar Jung. His grandson Raja Sikander Zaman later served as CM of NWFP.[6]

References

  1. ^ Quarterly Civil List for the Punjab: Corrected up to 1st October 1898 (classic reprint). Forgotten Books. 2022. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-365-88615-0. OCLC 1355807937.
  2. ^ The India List and India Office List. Harrison. 1905. pp. 162, 149.
  3. ^ Lethbridge, Roper (2001) [1893]. The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated, of the Indian Empire. Adegi Graphics LLC. p. 200. ISBN 978-1-4021-9328-6.
  4. ^ History of Services of Gazetted Officers employed in the Punjab. 11th edition, corrected up to 1st July 1891( -1936). 1891–1936. p. 337. OCLC 504036266.
  5. ^ Watson, Hubert Digby (1992). Gazetteer of the Hazara district, 1907. Sarhad Urdu Academy. pp. 35–37. OCLC 1332961807.
  6. ^ "Masjid Rajgan: A 153-year-old monument to faith that emerges from beneath Khanpur Dam". The Nation. 14 July 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
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