Wazir Khan (Sirhind)

Wazir Khan
Wazir Khan
	Depiction of Wazir Khan of Sirhind beheaded during the Battle of Sirhind (1710) from an illustrated folio of ‘Tawarikh-i Jahandar Shah’, Awadh or Lucknow, ca.1770
Nawab of Sirhind
Successor	Baj Singh of Khalsa Fauj
Padishah	Alamgir I
Born	Mirza Askari; 1635; Kunjpura, Subah of Delhi, Mughal Empire
Died	12 May 1710 (aged 74–75); Chappar Chiri, Punjab, Banda Singh's polity
Issue	Tulghan Khan
Father	Zahir Haram Khan
Mother	Amina Begum
Religion	Islam (Sunni)
Occupation	Mughal Governor

Mirza Askari (1635 — 12 May 1710), better known by his title Wazir Khan, was the Mughal governor (Faujdar) of Sarkar i Sirhind in the present state of Punjab. He administered the territory of the Mughal Empire that laid between the Sutlej and Yamuna rivers.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ 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

[Surjit_Gandhi-1] 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.

[2] Dr Harjinder Singh, 'Sikh History in 10 Volumes', Sikh University Press, Belgium, vol. 2, p. 31.

[3] Dr Harjinder Singh, 'Sikh History in 10 Volumes', Sikh University Press, Belgium, vol 1, pp 64, 259-60.

[Tony_Jaques_2007-4] Tony Jaques (2007). Dictionary of battles and sieges. Vol. 3. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 948. ISBN 9780313335396.

[5] History of Islam, p. 506, at Google Books

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