Amir Mohammad Khan
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Amir Mohammad Khan Nawab of Kalabagh Governor of West Pakistan |
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| 3rd Governor of West Pakistan | |
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In office 12 April 1960 – 18 September 1966 |
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| President | Muhammad Ayub Khan |
| Preceded by | Akhter Husain |
| Succeeded by | General Musa |
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| Born | 1910 Kalabagh, British Raj |
| Died | 26 November 1967 (aged 57) Kalabagh, Pakistan |
Amir Mohammad Khan also known by some as Nawab of Kalabagh (Urdu: نواب کالا باغ) was a prominent feudal lord, politician and the seventh chief of Kalabagh, in Mianwali District of north western Punjab, Pakistan. He belonged to the Awan tribe. He also served as Governor of West Pakistan. His ancestors were warrior chiefs for many centuries, even before the advent of Islam to India.
Kalabagh, on the bank of Indus River, was a territory ruled by the Awans for long. The tribe believed that:
Kalabagh, on the bank of Indus River, was claimed to have been a quasi-independent territory, ruled over by the Awan Chief, supposedly since the time of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni. It is also claimed that this area was later taken over by the Sikhs during the early 19th century, and later, during the British Raj, it was returned to the Chief family as Kalabagh jagir.
The learned author of "Chiefs and families of note in the Delhi, Jalandhar, Peshawar and Derajat divisions of the Panjab" states that, "Kalabagh, the home for generations of the local Awan maliks, is one of the most ancient towns in this part of Panjab".
It is stated in the Imperial gazetteer of India that "Kalabagh Estate. – Estate in the District and tahsil of Mianwali, Punjab, with an area of 107 square miles. It is held by Muhammad Khan Malik Yar, the AwanMalik of Kalabagh. Over 300 years ago the Awan Maliks settled at Dhankot, a natural fastness on the Indus above Kalabgh."
Sir Ibbetson Denzil writes in "Panjab Caste," that "Their story is that they are descended from Qutb Shah of Ghazni, him-self a descendant of Ali, the son-in-law of the Islamic Prophet Mohammad, but by a wife other than the Prophet's daughter, who came from Hirat about 1035 A.D. and settled in the neighbourhood of Peshawar. Thence they spread along the Salt-range, forming independent clans by whom the Chief of Kalabagh was acknowledged as the head of the tribe. In the genealogical tree of the Kalabagh family which used to be the chief family of the tribe, in which tree their descent is traced from Qutb Shah."
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