Sultan Mohammed Khan (19 February 1919 – 8 November 2010) was a Pakistani civil servant and British India Army officer who served as a

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. He was also

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to the

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in the Nixon and

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presidency.

Early life

Sultan Mohammed Khan was born in Jaora State,

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, on 19 February 1919. He received his bachelors degree from Ewing Christian College.

Career

Sultan Mohammed Khan joined the British Indian army as an officer cadet and was commissioned as a

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in the 4th Indian

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, during World War II he served in India and the Malays-Indonesia front. He took an early release from the British Indian army as a major and after independence of Pakistan from the British, Khan joined the Pakistan's foreign service. During his career as a diplomat, he served as a Pakistan ambassador to the

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, China, and Japan.

Personal life

He married daughter of Jaora State ruler, Nawabzadi Abeda Sultan, in 1943. The couple had four children. He emigrated to the

and lived a retired life in

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, United States.

Book

*''Memories & Reflections of a Pakistani Diplomat'' (1999)

References

External links

Former Foreign Secretaries Government of Pakistan
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