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|caption= [[Title Badge (India)|Title Badge]] for Khan Sahib
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[[File:Sanad of Khan Sahib D M Raja.JPG|150px|thumb|right|Sanad (Citation) conferring the title of Khan Sahib to [[Dossabhoy Muncherji Raja]]]]
'''Khan Sahib''' is a compound of [[Khan (title)|khan]] (leader) and [[sahib]] (master) - was a formal [[title]] of respect and honour, which was conferred mainly on [[Muslim]], but also to [[Parsi]], [[Irani (India)|Irani]], and [[Jewish]] subjects of the [[British Indian Empire]].<ref name=Roland>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kHJccZ92IecC&dq=Khan+Sahib+title&pg=PA35 |title=The Jewish communities of India|author=Joan G. Roland|page=35|publisher=Transaction Publishers |year=1998|isbn=0765804395 |access-date=2012-07-14}}</ref> It was a title one degree lower than [[Khan Bahadur]], but higher than that of Khan.

The title was conferred along with a [[Title Badge (India)|Title Badge]] and a citation (or ''sanad'') and the recipient was entitled to prefix the title to his name. The title was conferred on behalf of the British Indian Government by the [[Viceroy and Governor-General of India]].<ref>{{Cite book |author=Captain H. Taprell Dorling.|title= Ribbons and Medals|page=111|publisher= A.H.Baldwin & Sons, London|year=1956}}</ref>

The title "Khan Sahib" was originally conferred by the [[Mughal Empire]] on Muslim subjects in recognition of public services rendered and was adopted by the [[British Indian Empire]] for the same purpose. Hindu subjects of the British Indian Empire were conferred the title of "[[Rai Sahib]]". Since there were no separate titles for Parsi and Jewish subjects, the British Indian Empire conferred the Muslim title of Khan Sahib to Parsi and Jewish subjects as well.<ref name=Roland/>

==Recipients==


The chronological list of recipients below is not exhaustive.
* 1904 Khan Sahib Karmally Joosab for personal distinction.
* 1912, [[Ismail Merathi]], Indian poet and educationist, was given the title for his literary and educational services.<ref name="qindeel">{{cite web |last1=Qasmi |first1=Tanveer Khalid |title=ادب گرو ادیب ساز مولوی اسماعیل میرٹھی |url=https://qindeelonline.com/adab-guru-adeeb-saz-molvi-ismail-meerthi/ |website=Qindeel |access-date=9 June 2022}}</ref>
* 1914, Khan Sahib [[Syed Ahmad Dehlvi]], the author of [[Farhang e Asifiya]].
* 1925, Khan Sahib M. K. Khader Pillay, Municipal President of [[Alwaye]], [[Madras Presidency]]
* 1930,Khan Sahib Musharraf Hossain, Inspector of Schools, Dacca Division, of Kashba Majail, Pangsha, Faridpur.<ref>Government of Bengal. "The Bengal Civil List (Published annually). Corrected up to 1st July 1944". No. 279. Part II - List of Persons in Bengal Holding Titles Conferred or Recognized by His Excellency The Viceroy Page 446</ref>
* 1931, [[Chaudhry Niaz Ali Khan]] of Jamalpur for public service spanning 30 years by the 32nd Viceroy and Governor-General of India, [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon]]<ref>Azam, K.M., ''Hayat-e-Sadeed: Bani-e-Dar ul Islam Chaudhry Niaz Ali Khan (A Righteous Life: Founder of Dar ul Islam Chaudhry Niaz Ali Khan)'', Lahore: Nashriyat, 2010 (583 pp., Urdu) {{ISBN|978-969-8983-58-1}}</ref>
* 1934, [[Mir Afzal Khan]], Deputy Superintendent of Police, for meritorious police services awarded by the 22nd Viceroy and Governor-General of India, [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon|The Earl of Willingdon]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/10/30/news0121.htm |title=Archive copy |publisher=Ittefaq.Com |date=2009-10-30 |access-date=2011-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002201013/http://www.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/10/30/news0121.htm |archive-date=2 October 2011 }}</ref>
[[File:KHANSAB (AWARD) COL KHAN MUHAMMAD KHAN.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Khan Sahib titte of Col. Khan Muhammad Kha]]
*Colonel [[Khan Muhammad Khan]] from Poonch, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan was given the Khan Sahib title for his commitment and selfless service to the people of Kashmir on 11 June 1942 by Viceroy & Governor-General of India on behalf of the British Government.<ref name="Yagana e Kashmir">''Yagana e Kashmir'' by Brig M. Sadiq Khan and Dr Ghulam Hussain Azhar</ref>
* [[Aziz al-Hasan Ghouri]]<ref name="kashmir">{{cite web|title=Aziz al-Hasan Majzoob |author1=Faiz Qaziabadi |url=http://kashmiruzma.net/NewsDetail?action=view&ID=59064 |website=kashmiruzma.net |publisher=Kashmir Uzma |accessdate=3 April 2020}}</ref>
* [[Md Yousuf Uddin Sarker]], of Burirhat, Taragonj, Rangpur, Bangladesh was awarded with ‘Khan Sahib’ title in the year 1947 by Viceroy and Governor General of India on behalf of British Government for his commitment and selfless extraordinary service for controlling a Hindu-Muslim riot in the area Alampur, Kursha, Harial kuthi, Ikorchali, Soyar, Radhanagor in Taraganj of Rangpur Bangladesh and thereby saving many lives. <ref name="Burir Hat, Taraganj, Rangpur, Bangladesh, author: Md Farid Alam, alam.farid@gmail.com"/>

==See also==
*[[Sardar Bahadur]]
*[[Dewan Bahadur]]
*[[Khan Bahadur]]
*[[Rai Bahadur]]
*[[Rai Sahib]]
*[[Rao Sahib]]
*[[Title Badge (India)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Court titles]]
[[Category:Titles in India]]
[[Category:Titles in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Titles in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Jews and Judaism in India]]
[[Category:Jews and Judaism in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Parsi people]]
[[Category:Islam in India]]
[[Category:Islam in Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Islam in Pakistan]]

Khan Sahib - Revision history

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