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2 unusual facts about Hashim Khan


Charles Augustus Murray

Murray's heavy-handed attitude inflamed an existing dispute over Hashim Khan, one of the Shah's bodyguards and an officer in the Persian army, who took up a position as secretary in the British embassy against the wishes of the Shah and his prime minister.

Hashim Khan

The Denver Athletic Club continues to hold a Hashim Khan squash tournament in his honor every year.



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Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar Khan

Ch.Muhammad Sarwar Khan's grandfather Hashim Khan also served in the British Indian army during World War I in "58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force)" regiment and was awarded the Highest "Medal of Gallantry" during his service with Lord Kitchener in the Third Anglo-Afghan War.