Wazir Khan (Sirhind)

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Wazir Khan
Nawab of Sirhind
Successor(Baj Singh of Khalsa Army)
PadishahAlamgir I
Born1635 C.E
Mukatsar, Punjab, Mughal Empire
Died12 May 1710 A.D
(aged of 75)
Chappar Chiri
IssueTulghan Khan
Names
Mirza Askari ( تلکس نینی )
FatherZahir Haram Khan
MotherAmina Begum
ReligionIslam (Sunni Muslim)
OccupationMughal Governor

Wazir Khan (b. 1635 – 12 May 1710 d.), real name Mirza Askari) was Governor of Sirhind, administering a territory of the Mughal Empire between the Sutlej and Yamuna rivers.[1][2][3][4]

Wazir Khan is noted for his conflicts with the Sikhs, and became infamous for ordering the execution of Guru Gobind Singh's young sons (Sahibzada Fateh Singh and Sahibzada Zorawar Singh) in 1704.[5] He was the governor of Sirhind, when he arrested the two younger sons of Guru Gobind Singh. Wazir Khan tried to force the young sons of the Guru to embrace Islam; and when they refused to accept Islam, he ordered them to bricked alive.[6]

Wazir Khan was defeated and beheaded by a Sikh named Fateh Singh, a warrior in the Sikh Khalsa led by Banda Singh Bahadur, during the Battle of Chappar Chiri in 12 May 1710.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Dr Harjinder Singh, 'Sikh History in 10 Volumes', Sikh University Press, Belgium, vol. 2, p. 31.
  2. ^ Dr Harjinder Singh, 'Sikh History in 10 Volumes', Sikh University Press, Belgium, vol 1, pp 64, 259-60.
  3. ^ Tony Jaques (2007). Dictionary of battles and sieges. Vol. 3. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 948. ISBN 9780313335396.
  4. ^ History of Islam, p. 506, at Google Books
  5. ^ Singh, PrithiPal (2006). The The History of Sikh Gurus. ISBN 9788183820752.
  6. ^ Dahiya, Amardeep (2014). Founder of the Khalsa: The Life and Times of Guru Gobind Singh. Hay House, Inc. p. 183. ISBN 9789381398616.
  7. ^ William Irvine (1904). Later Mughals. Atlantic Publishers & Distri.
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