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/Sub-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-Centuries) Preview warning: Page using Template:Small with unknown parameter "2 = small" – 12 May 1710 | ||||
| Successor | Baj Singh of Khalsa Fauj | ||||
| Padishah (Great Emperor) | Alamgir I Shah Alam I | ||||
| Subahdar (Senior Officials) | 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 an Indian nobleman of Persian descent in the Mughal Empire, primarily active in the Punjab. He served as a military commander (faujdar), tax collector (dewan), and deputy governor in the Sirhind region of the Delhi Subah. He was a mansabdar of 5,000 zat (infantry) and 4,000 swars (cavalry).
Wazir Khan administered territory that lay between the Sutlej and Yamuna rivers as the regional deputy governor under such Delhi governors as Munim Khan II and Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung I. He is best known for his conflicts with the Sikhs.
Wazir Khan was defeated and killed by the Sikh Khalsa forces under Banda Singh Bahadur on May 12, 1710 during the battle of Chappar Chiri.