Sado Khan

1558–1627

As the sources spell it: Asadullah [Sado] Khan [Malik Saddu] (Royal Ark, durrani1); Sado Khan (Revised Pedigree Tables 1899, p. 8); Sado Khan (Griffin 1890, vol. 1, p. 73)
Born: 11 October 1558 at Kandahar (Royal Ark, durrani1)
Born: 1558 — “Born 1558.” (Revised Pedigree Tables 1899, p. 8)
Born: 1558 at Kandahar — “born in 1558” (Griffin 1890, vol. 1, p. 73)
Died: 18 March 1627 (Royal Ark, durrani1)
Died: 1626 — “Sado Khan died in 1626” (Griffin 1890, vol. 1, p. 73)
Reigned: 1598 - 1627 (Royal Ark, durrani1)
chief of the Habibzai, succeeding his father (Griffin 1890, vol. 1, p. 73)
chosen leader of the Abdali tribes (1598) (Griffin 1890, vol. 1, p. 73)
left five sons (Griffin 1890, vol. 1, p. 73)

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The records cited above are taken to describe one person. Except where a source says so itself, that is this site's identification:

Decided by this site: Royal Ark's Amir-i-Afghan 'Asadu'llah [Sado] Khan, Governor of Safa and Chief of the Alus Abdali (1598-1627), is the Sado Khan, born 1558, at the head of the Lahore Sadozai pedigree (1899 tables, p. 8) and of Griffin's chapter (1890, p. 73): ancestor of the Sadozai, the Nawabs of Multan and Ahmad Shah.

Not recorded.

Lepel H. Griffin, revised by Charles Francis Massy. The Punjab Chiefs: Historical and Biographical Notices of the Principal Families in the Lahore and Rawalpindi Divisions of the Panjab, vol. 1. Lahore, Civil and Military Gazette Press, 1890. https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206744
Revised Pedigree Tables of the Families mentioned in Griffin's Punjab Chiefs and Massy's "Chiefs & Families of Note in the Punjab". Lahore, 1899. https://archive.org/details/revised-pedigree-tables-1899
Christopher Buyers. The Royal Ark: Royal and Ruling Houses of Africa, Asia, Oceania and the Americas — Afghanistan. https://royalark.net/Afghanistan/afghan.htm