Mir Yar Beg Sahibzada

Mir Yar Beg Sahibzada

Mir Yar Beg Sahibzada was a Central Asian ruler who, in 1651 became chief of the Tajik tribes in Yaftal, as they had invited him to come to them from Samarkand. However two years later his dissatisfied subjects rebelled against him, built a fort at Lai Aba, and raised the Tajik Shah Imad as their chief. Mir Yar Beg then retired to the court of Aurungzeb in India. He was later invited to return to Yaftal, and did so, waging war against Shah Imad and defeating him. Mir Yar Beg was then appointed chief of Badakhshan by Sabhan Kuli Khan of Kunduz.

Mir Yar Beg later failed to pay the required tribute to Sabhan Kuli Khan, who then sent Mahmud Bi Atalik, chief of Balkh and Bokhara, against Mir Beg. Mir Beg, buckling under pressure, agreed to pay tribute for two years.

In 1695, the Sahibzadas (religious group) were conveying Islamic relics to India. They were set upon by Mir Yar Beg's forces, and the relics carried away to Faizabad, where a shrine was erected.

Mir Yar Beg died in 1699, dividing the province of Badakhshan amongst his nine sons. **Because his one son left behind in Chitral and settled there**.(**.D.C. Chitral File 746,747 & File 176,177 Box No. 10 archive document Peshawar Archives library: Brief history of Mir Yar Beg migration to Abul Muzaffar Muhy-ud-Din Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir Court in India via Chitral and his ten sons’ genealogy)

Sources

  • Revelations Regarding Badakhshan. The Asiatic quarterly review, Volume 9. Swan Sonnenshein & Co., 1895 [1]

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