Wazir Khan (Sirhind)

Farsiمیرزا عسکری وزیرخان بن ظاهر حرم خانFatherMirza Zahir Haram KhanMotherAmina BegumReligionSunni IslamOccupationDeputy-Governor and Military Commander of the Mughal Empire

MirzaAskari (Persian: میرزا عسکری, c. 1635 – 12 May 1710), better known by his title Wazir Khan, was an Indian nobleman of Persian descent in the Mughal Empire, primarily active in the Punjab. He served as a military commander (faujdar), tax collector (dewan), and deputy governor in the Sirhind region of the Delhi Subah. He was a mansabdar of 5,000 zat (infantry) and 4,000 swars (cavalry).

Wazir Khan administered territory that lay between the Sutlej and Yamuna rivers as the regional deputy governor under such Delhi governors as Munim Khan II and Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung I. He is best known for his conflicts with the Sikhs.

Wazir Khan was defeated and killed by the Sikh Khalsa forces under Banda Singh Bahadur on May 12, 1710 during the battle of Chappar Chiri.