Yazdan Khan

{{short description|British Indian army officer}} {{notability|1=Biographies|date=April 2017}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=September 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox military person | honorific_prefix = Jemadar | name = Yazdan Khan<br />{{nq|یزدان خان}} | honorific_suffix = | image = File:Yazdan Khan in 1913.jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | other_name = | nickname = | birth_date = {{circa|1880s}} | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | burial_place = | burial_label = | burial_coordinates =  | allegiance = 24px British India | branch = {{flagicon|British India|army}} British Indian Army | branch_label =  | service_years = 1906-1933 | service_years_label = | rank = Jemadar (Viceroy's Commissioned Officer) | rank_label = | service_number = | unit = 106th Hazara Pioneers | commands = | known_for = | battles = World War I | battles_label = | awards = | memorials = | alma_mater = | spouse =  | children = Muhammad Musa | relations = | other_work = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | website =  | module = }} {{Hazara people}} ''' Yazdan Khan Hazara''' ({{langx|fa|سردار یزدان خان هزاره}}) (born {{circa|1880s}}) was a Viceroy's Commissioned Officer of the British Indian Army from Baluchistan, British India (later Pakistan) from 1906 until 1926.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-07|title=Chehlum to be observed today|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/2267432/chehlum-to-be-observed-today|access-date=2021-07-01|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}</ref> He was in the 106th Hazara Pioneers during World War I.<ref name="Hazara The Best">{{cite web|last1=Hazara The Best|title=Great General Mussa Khan|url=http://hazarathebest.weebly.com/great-general-mussa-khan.html|website=Hazara The Best|publisher=Hazara The Best|access-date=17 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://jang.com.pk/thenews/jan2013-weekly/nos-20-01-2013/spr.htm#2|title=The first priority is security|work=The News|access-date=12 June 2023|first=Rahimullah|last=Yusufzai|authorlink=Rahimullah Yusufzai}}</ref>

He migrated from Sang-e-Masha in Jaghori District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan to Quetta in 1908 and joined the British army, from which he was discharged in 1926.{{cn|date=April 2026}}

== See also == * List of Hazara people

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