Muhammed Zafar Khan

Muhammed Zafar Khan
Muhammad Zafar Khan
Born 1926
Died 3 December 1971
Allegiance  Pakistan
Rank Brigadier General
Unit  Pakistan Army
Awards Hilal-i-Jurat

Brigadier General Muhammed Zafar Khan was the first South Asian Commander in the Cavalry.[clarification needed]

Khan belongs to the Minhas Rajput clan of Chakwal. His father Sirdar (or Sardar) Bahadur, Raja Fazal Dad Khan was a hereditary Landlord (or Zamindar) and was commissioned with a British Army cavalry unit.

Five of Muhammed Zafar Khan brothers (in total he had seven brothers) joined the Army and became officers. His elder brother, Muhammed Akbar Khan was the first Indian Muslim to become a General in the British Indian Army. His brother, Brigadier Muhammad Anwar Khan was the first Indian Commander of Cavalry and his brother Major General Muhammed Iftikhar Khan was an officer inherited by the Pakistan Army from British India. He had been nominated to become the first local Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army after General Douglas David Gracey's retirement. However, his death in a tragic plane crash in 1949 was a disaster for the newly formed country.

References

  • Pakistan's Drift into Extremism, Hassan Abbas, 2005
  • Pakistani Generals, A. K Anwar, 1992
  • Akbar Khan, a biography, Khalid Akbar, 2006. Khalid Akbar is his son.



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