# Yazdan Khan

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{{short description|British Indian army officer}}
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| honorific_prefix    = [Jemadar](/source/Jemadar)
| name                = Yazdan Khan<br />{{nq|یزدان خان}}
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| unit                = [106th Hazara Pioneers](/source/106th_Hazara_Pioneers)
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''' Yazdan Khan Hazara''' ({{langx|fa|سردار یزدان خان هزاره}}) (born {{circa|1880s}}) was a [Viceroy's Commissioned Officer](/source/Viceroy's_Commissioned_Officer) of the [British Indian Army](/source/British_Indian_Army) from [Baluchistan](/source/Baluchistan_(Chief_Commissioner's_Province)), British India (later [Pakistan](/source/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](/source/Sang-e-Masha) in Jaghori District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan to [Quetta](/source/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](/source/List_of_Hazara_people)

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