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[[File:Nawab Ali-Mardan Khan.jpg|thumb|180px|Portrait of Ali Mardan Khan]]<br />
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'''Ali Mardan Khan''' ({{lang-fa|علی مردان خان}}, {{lang-ur|{{nq|علی مردان خان}}}}) (died April 1657<ref>[http://wikimapia.org/1038348/ Tomb of Ali Mardan Khan<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>) was a [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]]<ref>J.J.L. Gommans, "Mughal Warfare: Indian Frontiers and Highroads to Empire 1500–1700" [https://books.google.de/books?id=UZWBAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT290&dq=%22one+year+after+the+Kurdish+turncoat+Ali+Mardan+Khan+had+handed+Qandahar%22&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjc0ofahu3JAhWkJXIKHcY8CFoQ6AEIIDAA#v=onepage&q=%22one%20year%20after%20the%20Kurdish%20turncoat%20Ali%20Mardan%20Khan%20had%20handed%20Qandahar%22&f=false one year after the Kurdish turncoat Ali Mardan Khan had handed Qandahar]<br>- Rajmohan Gandhi, "Punjab: A History from Aurangzeb to Mountbatten" [https://books.google.de/books?id=Ifs9AQAAQBAJ&pg=PT39&dq=%22Shah+Jahan%27s+chief+engineer+for+such+projects+was+a+Kurdish+general,+Ali+Mardan+Khan%22&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwrYCrhu3JAhVIlnIKHVo3CGcQ6AEIIjAA#v=onepage&q=%22Shah%20Jahan's%20chief%20engineer%20for%20such%20projects%20was%20a%20Kurdish%20general%2C%20Ali%20Mardan%20Khan%22&f=false Shah Jahan's chief engineer for such projects was a Kurdish general, Ali Mardan Khan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222140738/https://books.google.de/books?id=Ifs9AQAAQBAJ&pg=PT39&dq=%22Shah+Jahan%27s+chief+engineer+for+such+projects+was+a+Kurdish+general,+Ali+Mardan+Khan%22&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwrYCrhu3JAhVIlnIKHVo3CGcQ6AEIIjAA#v=onepage&q=%22Shah%20Jahan's%20chief%20engineer%20for%20such%20projects%20was%20a%20Kurdish%20general%2C%20Ali%20Mardan%20Khan%22&f=false |date=22 December 2015 }}<br>- Clifford Edmund Bosworth, E. Van Donzel, B. Lewis, ''The Encyclopaedia of Islam: Supplement'' : "Fascicules 1-2", pg. 63</ref> military leader and administrator, serving under the [[Safavid dynasty|Safavid]] kings [[Abbas I of Persia|Shah Abbas I]] and [[Safi of Persia|Shah Safi]], and later the Mughal ruler [[Shah Jahan]]. He was the son of [[Ganj Ali Khan]]. After surrendering the city of [[Kandahar|Qandahar]], part of the easternmost territories of the Safavids to the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] in 1638, he served with distinction in the Mughal administration, earning the highest honors of the Mughal court.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
[[File:Masjid Muhabat Khan.jpg|thumb|Bestowed by Ali Mardan Khan in 1670, the white-marble façade of the [[Mohabbat Khan Mosque]] is one of [[Peshawar]]'s most iconic sights.]]<br />
[[File:Shahjahan receives Ali Mardan Khan in durbar.jpg|thumb|left|Shahjahan receives Ali Mardan Khan in [[Durbar (court)|durbar]]]]<br />
Ali Mardan Khan was the Safavid governor of Qandahar. He had been in arrears with his revenues. He was summoned by Shah Tahmasp to appear at the court, but avoided doing so. On being dismissed from office, he sought the assistance from the governor of [[Kabul]] and the commander of [[Ghazni]]. In 1638, he surrendered Qandahar to the Mughals, and took refuge in [[Delhi]]. He was honoured at the Mughal court. Shah Jahan gifted one [[lakh]] of [[Tanka (currency)|tanka]]s for himself and two [[lakh]]s for the officers of his army. He was appointed governor of [[Kashmir]], [[Kabul]]<ref>Majumdar, R.C. (ed.) (2007). ''The Mughul Empire'', Mumbai: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, {{Listed Invalid ISBN|81-7276-407-1}}, p.204<br>- Mahajan, V.D. (1991, reprint 2007). ''History of Medieval India'', Part II, {{ISBN|81-219-0364-5}}, p.144</ref> and [[Punjab]].<br />
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He later received the title of [[Amir al-Umara]] (Lord of Lords) in 1639 and became a [[Haft Hazari]], leading to commanding an army of 7,000 troops.<br />
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He was later appointed as the viceroy of [[Punjab region|Punjab]] which at that time stretched from Kabul to [[Delhi]].<br />
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There is a locality named after him "Bagh-e-Ali Mardan Khan" in [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu & Kashmir]].<br />
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*[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ali-mardan-khan ʿALI MARDĀN KHAN. Encyclopedia Iranica.]<br />
* [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\\05\\30\\story_30-5-2008_pg7_56 Daily Times: Driving through history]{{dead link|date=August 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}<br />
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