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| title = [[Suri dynasty|Prince of The Suri Dynasty]]
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| full name = Hakim Khan sur ibn Khaisa Khan sur
| dynasty = [[Sur dynasty|House of Sur]]
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| battles = [[Battle of Haldighati]]
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| father = Khaisa Khan Suri
| mother = Bibi Fatima<br>(step-mother)
| birth_date = 16th Century
| birth_place = [[Delhi]] [[Sur Empire]]
| death_date = 18 June 1576
| death_place = [[Haldighati]]{{KIA}}
| religion = [[Sunni Islam]]
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'''Hakim Khan Sur''' An ethnic ''Pashtun'', (also known as '''Hakim Khan Sur Pashtun''') was a descendant of [[Sher Shah Suri]] and a general in [[Rana Pratap]]'s army. He fought with him in the [[Battle of Haldighati]] and died in 1576. In Haldighati Battle, he commanded an army of Afghans who were against the rising power of [[Mughal Empire]].

==Biography==

Hakim Khan Suri was a member of the [[Suri dynasty]] and was a descendant of [[Sher Shah Suri]] (the founder of the [[Suri Empire]]).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kumar|first1=Amrita|title=Journeys Though Rajasthan|date=14 October 2012|publisher=Rupa Publications|isbn=978-8129123275|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SU2jEEJbhWAC&dq=hakim+khan+suri&pg=PT142}}</ref>

Hakim Khan was a seasoned Suri, who had his own axe to grind against the imperial motives of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]]. He found in [[Maharana Pratap|Pratap]] an energetic, chivalrous and bold veteran hero, for whom the Mughal imperialism was a nuisance too.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Gopi Nath Sharma |author2=M. N. Mathur |author3=Maharana Pratap Smarak Samiti |title=Maharana Pratap & His times|publisher=Maharana Pratap Smarak Samiti}}</ref>

The Battle of Haldighati is widely but wrongly perceived as a Hindu-Muslim conflict, but this is not the case. Both armies had a mix of Hindus and Muslims. This was a struggle between the Mughal imperialism and Mewar.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rana|first1=Bhawan Singh|title=Maharana Pratap|date=2004|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788128808258|page=114}}</ref> Whereas Hakim Khan Suri led the vanguard for Rana Pratap, [[Akbar]]'s army was commanded by the [[Rajput]] chief of [[Jaipur]], [[Man Singh I]] and half the Mughal army was composed of Rajput soldiers.<ref name=Malkani>{{cite book|last1=Malkani|first1=K. R.|title=The politics of Ayodhya & Hindu-Muslim relations|date=1993|publisher=Har-Anand Publications|page=82}}</ref> Hakim Khan was part of the battle to exact revenge from the Mughals for the defeat of Sikandar Shah Suri, his forefather.<ref name=Malkani/>

==Legacy==
Hakim Khan Suri occupies a high place in the annals of Mewar and an award of the Maharana Mewar Foundation bears his name. Hakim Khan Sur Award goes is given by the foundation to people for outstanding achievement and service to the nation.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Meininger|first1=Irmgard|title=The kingdom of Mewar : Great struggles and glory of the world's oldest ruling dynasty|date=2000|publisher=D.K. Printworld|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788124601440|page=73}}</ref> Every year a commemorative festival is held at Haldighati where his memorial is located.

==In Popular Culture==
*2013–2015: [[Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap]], broadcast by [[Sony Entertainment Television (India)]], where he was portrayed by [[Nirbhay Wadhwa]].

==References==
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