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Sultan Sarang Khan Ghakkar

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Sarang Khan Gakhar
سارنگ خان گکھڑ
Sardār
The tomb of Sarang Khan in Rawat Fort
Sultan of Pothohar
Reign1526 - 1546
PredecessorHathi Khan Gakhar
SuccessorAdam Khan Gakhar
BornJhelum, Pothohar, Punjab, Delhi Sultanate (present-day Jhelum, Punjab, Pakistan)
Died1546
Rawat Fort, Pothohar, Punjab, Delhi Sultanate (present-day Rawat, Punjab, Pakistan)
Burial
Rawat, Punjab, Pakistan
Names
Sarang Gakhar putr Tatar Gakhar
سارنگ گکھڑ پتر تاتار گکھڑ
FatherTatar Gakhar
ReligionIslam

Sarang Khan Gakhar (Punjabi: سارنگ گکھڑ, romanized: Sārang Gakhar) (d. 1546) was the Chief of the Gakhars, who was made ruler of Pothohar Plateau in 1520 by the Mughal emperor Babur for his submission to the Mughal authority in northern Punjab region of modern day Pakistan. He was captured and killed by Sher Shah Suri in 1546.[1]

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Sarang was thus martyred in 1546 and is buried in a tomb in Rawat Fort. His brother Adam Khan assumed leadership of the tribe and became the next Gakhar Chief.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ Chopra, Gulshan Lall (1940). Chiefs and Families of Note in the Punjab. Government Printing. p. 228. Sarang Khan... and his brother made their submission to Babar , and Adam Khan , with a Gakhar force , attended him to Delhi , and for this service the Pothwar country was confirmed to them by the Emperor
  2. ^ Beveridge, H. (1907). The Akbarnama Of Abul Fazl Vol. 1.