Samandar Khan

Mir Sakhi Samandar Khan Baloch was a Khan (ruler) of the princely state of Kalat in what is now the Balochistan province of Pakistan during the seventeenth century under Mughal Vassalship since Akbar the Great.[1]

History

Mir Samandar Khan, also known as Amir al-Umar, means the commander of the generals, the emir of the emirs, the title given to him by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, made a march north against the Afghan tribes, in the Zhoba valleys. and Bari, and east to the Sindh valleys. Emperor Aurangzeb ordered Prince Muazzam (governor of Multan) to establish an annual subsidy of 20,000 rupees for Khan of Kalat after Mir Samandar Khan successfully repelled an attack by General Tahmasp's Safavid forces near Mastung and drove the Safavid army out of Kandahar and captured it. In 1698 Mir Samandar, during whose reign Sindh Kalhor was pardoned and restored on condition that they would pay an annual tribute in rupees 40,000, Aurangzeb appreciated his friendship and donated Karachi, the seaport of Sindh.[2]

References

Baluchistan - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 6, p. 277.
Lockhart, Laurence (1958). The Fall of the Safavī Dynasty and the Afghan Occupation of Persia. University Press.

Preceded by: Mir Mehrab	Mir Samandar	Followed by: Mir Ahmad II

The Khans of Kalat
Mir Ahmad I \| Mir Mehrab \| Samandar Khan \| Mir Ahmad II \| Mir Abdullah \| Mir Muhabbat \| Mir Muhammad Nasir Khan I \| Mir Mahmud Khan I \| Mir Mehrab Khan \| Mir Shah Nawaz Khan \|Mir Nasir Khan II\| Mir Khudadad Khan \| Mir Sherdil Khan \| Mir Mahmud Khan II \| Mohammad Azam Jan Khan \| Ahmad Yar Khan \|

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[1] Baluchistan - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 6, p. 277.

[2] Lockhart, Laurence (1958). The Fall of the Safavī Dynasty and the Afghan Occupation of Persia. University Press.