Mohammad Ayub Khan

Early life Khan was born into a Pashtun family. His father was Sher Ali Khan and his mother was Qamar Jan, the daughter of an influential Mohmand chief of Lalpura, Saadat Khan.

Second Anglo-Afghan war During the second Anglo-Afghan war, Afghans under the command of Ayub Khan clashed with Anglo-Indian troops at Maiwand on 27 July 1880 and emerged victorious. Ayub Khan did not quietly accept the arrangement that placed Kandahar under Amir Abdur Rahman Khan's control. Despite significant challenges, including a shortage of funds and rebellious troops, Ayub Khan set out for Kandahar in July 1881. Mohammad Hassan Khan, appointed by Amir Abdur Rahman Khan as Kandahar's governor following the withdrawal of British forces after the second Anglo-Afghan war, advanced from Kandahar to confront him. A battle ensued at Maiwand, coinciding with the anniversary of Brigadier-General Burrows' defeat on the same location. Ayub Khan emerged victorious, seized the capital, and briefly ruled the province for the first time. However, Amir Abdur Rahman Khan, bolstered by British financial and military support, swiftly advanced from Kabul, confronted Ayub Khan outside Kandahar, and delivered a decisive defeat.

He escaped to Persia (now Iran). After negotiations in 1888 with Sir Mortimer Durand, the ambassador at Tehran, Ayub Khan became a pensioner of the British Raj. A political officer, William Evans-Gordon, took charge of him on his arrival in India and escorted him with his entourage from Karachi to Rawalpindi. He lived in India until his death in 1914.

Death He died in Lahore in 1914 He was the eldest son of Sardar Mohammad Akram Khan. In 1941, he obtained an emergency commission and was posted to 1/2 Punjabi's. In July 1942, he fought in the First Battle of El Alamein and was awarded the Military Cross, as he "…led his company through heavy artillery and machine gun fire, with the enemy tanks in the vicinity, to secure an important ridge to the west of Point-63." After his retirement, he became the Director of Administration for CENTO, in Ankara, and then emigrated to England. He married Zara, the daughter of Sardar Abdul Rahman Khan, and had three sons and a daughter, Haroon, Mahguli, Ayub and Akram,

Sardar Hissam Mahmud el-Effendi Sardar Hissam Mahmud el-Effendi was a grandson of Ayub Khan. He completed his education at Rashtriya Indian Military College in Dehra Dun, British India and was commissioned as second lieutenant on 15 July 1939 in the British Indian Army. He fought in World War II and was initially posted in North Africa. El-Effendi was captured when his 11th Prince Albert Victor's Own Cavalry (PAVO) was overrun by German Afrika Korps, but managed to escape and rejoin his regiment. Later, he fought in the Burma Campaign. Following the independence of Pakistan, Hissam Mahmud el-Effendi opted to join Pakistan and served as a Brigadier in Pakistan Army. Their father was a political pensioner and was given money from the Government of India.