Nawab Sir Fateh Ali Khan Kazilbash (1862 – 28 October 1923) KCIE was a landlord from

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

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during the

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Biography

He was born in 1862, the son of Nisar Ali Khan, and a grandson of Ali Raza Khan. In 1895 he assisted the government during the

Chitral Expedition The Chitral Expedition (Urdu:چترال فوجی مہم) was a military expedition in 1895 sent by the British authorities to relieve the fort at Chitral, which was under siege after a local coup following the death of the old ruler. An interve ...

, succeeding in inducing a large number of border tribes to be friendly to the Government of India. As a reward he was granted 2000 acres of land in the Chenab colony for his followers. He was elected to the Punjab Legislative Council and represented the Punjab in the Famine Conference of 1897. In 1898 he succeeded his uncle Nawab Sir Nawazish Ali Khan as head of the

Qizilbash Qizilbash or Kizilbash (Latin script: ) ; ; (modern Iranian reading: ); were a diverse array of mainly Turkoman "The Qizilbash, composed mainly of Turkman tribesmen, were the military force introduced by the conquering Safavis to the Irani ...

clan. In 1902, he was chosen to represent the Punjab at the

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. He was elected to the

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in 1904 as a non-official member representing the

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. In 1914 he promulgated idea of Shia College, Lucknow. During the

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he donated 22,000 rupees along with other contributions to the war effort. He was made a

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in 1921.The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 32346. pp. 4529–4536. 4 June 1921. He died on 28 October 1923.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fateh Ali Khan Kazilbash People from Lahore Members of the Council of India 1862 births 1923 deaths Indian landlords People from Punjab Province (British India)