Khans / Nawabs of Mansehra city :
1- Khan Sardar Khan Jahangiri Swati (Khan-E-Awal right after Conquest of Pakhal in 1703)
2- Khan Saddam Khan Jahangiri bin Sardar Khan (died: 1795)
3- Khan Zaman Khan Jahangiri bin Saddam Khan (died: 1881)
4- Khan Juma Khan Jahangiri bin Zaman Khan (the British terminated his Khanate)
5 - Khan Muhammad Hussain Khan Khankhel (British Appointed)
6- Khan Sahib Ali Gauhar Khan Jahangiri Bin Juma Khan (Khanate revived)
7- Khan Tariq Khan Jahangiri bin Ali Gohar Khan (Khan since 1960 till present) .
Khan Tariq Khan has been MPA of Mansehra from 1990-2002 and minister of KPK.
Khan Ali Gohar Khan was the agriculture minister of Kashmir before partition, deputy commissioner and acting governor of Srinagar and MLA of West Pakistan Legislative Assembly later after partition. He was awarded the title of Khan Bahadur by British Viceroy and title of Raja by Maharaja Hari Singh of Kashmir.
MPA of Mansehra Babar Saleem Swati also belongs to the same family. He is the great grandson of 4th Khan Of Mansehra, Jummah Khan.
Khurram Khan, a well known Politician of Mansehra also belongs to same family and is the great great grandson of 3rd "Khan Of Mansehra", Zaman Khan.
Zaman Khan Jehangiri is well known for his resistance against Maharaja Ranjeet Singh armies in Hazara.
References: Hazara Gazetteer 1883, Hazara Gazetteer 1907, Tehkeeq Ul Afghan, Tareekh E Hazara by Sher Bahadur Panni
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