Malak Ahmad Khan Yusufzai


Malik Ahmad Khan Yusufzai
Yusufzai Chieftain
Reign1520–1530
PredecessorMalak Suleiman Shah Yusufzai
SuccessorMalak Gaju Khan Yusufzai
Born1460
Kabulistan, Timurid Empire (in present-day Kabul, Kabul Province, Afghanistan)
Died1530 (aged 70)
Malakand (in present-day Malakand District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
FatherMalak Sultan Shah

Malak Ahmad Khan Yusufzai (1460–1530), also known as Malik Ahmad Baba, was a Pashtun chief and warrior from the Malakzai Razar-Mandanr clan of the Yusufzai. He is known for leading the Yusufzai conquest of Swat, Malakand and Lower Dir. Under his leadership, the Yusufzai fought the Dilazaks and Sultan Awais Jahangiri Swati for control of northern territories in the Dardistan region.

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