Wazir Khan (Sirhind)
| Mirza Askari Wazir Khan میرزا عسکری وزیرخان | |||||
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| Wazir Khan Faujdar (Commander) Diwan (Revenue Collector/Commissioner) Sarkar (Deputy-Subahdar/Governor) (5,000 Mansabi) (4,000 Sawari) | |||||
Depiction of Wazir Khan of Sirhind beheaded during the Battle of Sirhind (1710) from an illustrated folio of ‘Tawarikh-i Jahandar Shah’, Awadh or Lucknow, ca.1770 | |||||
| Sarkar (Deputy-Subahdar/Governor) of Sirhind in Delhi Subah | |||||
| Holding Office | Late 17th-Century – 12 May 1710 | ||||
| Successor | Baj Singh of Khalsa Fauj | ||||
| Padishah | Alamgir I | ||||
| Subahdar | Munim Khan II Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung I | ||||
| Born | Mirza Askari c. 1635 Kunjpura, Delhi Subah, Mughal Empire | ||||
| Died | 12 May 1710 (aged 74–75) Chappar Chiri, Punjab | ||||
| Issue | Mirza Tulghan Khan | ||||
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| Farsi | میرزا عسکری وزیرخان بن ظاهر حرم خان | ||||
| Father | Mirza Zahir Haram Khan | ||||
| Mother | Amina Begum | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
| Occupation | Deputy-Governor and Military Commander of the Mughal Empire | ||||
Mirza Askari (Persian: میرزا عسکری, c. 1635 — 12 May 1710), better known by his title Wazir Khan, was a Indo-Persian minor noblemen of Mughal Empire, serving his positions Amin of Chakla Sirhind, also as military commander (Faujdar) and regional Revenue Collector/Commissioner (Dewan), as well as (Deputy-Governor/Subehdar) of the Sirhind region as the local administrative Sarkar (government) under Delhi Subah of Mughal Province, as he was the Mansabdar of 5,000 zat (foot infantries) and 4,000 swars (cavalrymans), in the present-day Indian state of Punjab, and his administering territory that lay between the Sutlej and Yamuna rivers, he was regional deputy-governor under many representative Delhi Subehdars like Munim Khan II and Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung I. He was best known for his conflicts with the Sikhs.