Sultan Maudad Khan
- As the sources spell it: Sultan Maudad Khan (Royal Ark, durrani1; Royal Ark, durrani2); Sultan Mahdud Khan (Revised Pedigree Tables 1899, p. 8); Mahdud Khan (Griffin 1890, vol. 1, p. 74)
- Born: 20 October 1584 (Royal Ark, durrani2)
- Died: before 10 March 1644 at Kabul (Royal Ark, durrani2)
- Reigned: 1627 - 1644 (Royal Ark, durrani2)
- chief of the Abdalis, resident at Safa (Griffin 1890, vol. 1, p. 74)
- assassinated in a domestic brawl (Griffin 1890, vol. 1, p. 74)
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One person in several sources
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: Sultan Maudad Khan, Governor of Safa (Royal Ark), is Sultan Mahdud Khan of the 1899 pedigree and Griffin's Mahdud Khan, who 'resided at Safa' and held rule after his brother Khizar: the same son of Sado Khan, spelt Maudad/Mahdud.
Parents
Sado Khan 1558–1627 (Griffin 1890, vol. 1, p. 74; Revised Pedigree Tables 1899, p. 8; Royal Ark, durrani2)
Marriages and children
with the other parent not recorded
- Allah Dad Khan d. 1659
- Shah Husain Khan d. before 1659
with the other parent not recorded
Sources
- 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