Mir Dad Khan

Risaldar-Major Mir Dad Khan, OBI (born around 1871, died ), was from the Tareen tribe in Hazara region of the North West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakthunkhwa in Pakistan). He was a Risaldar Major in the British Indian Army. He was the father of former Pakistani president Ayub Khan and the Muslim League stalwart Sardar Bahadur Khan
Background
Mir Dad Khan was born into a prominent family of the ethnic Pashtun Tareen/Tarin clan, settled in village Rehana in the Haripur District of the Hazara region. After some basic schooling, he decided to enroll as a soldier in the (then) 9th Hodson's Horse of the British Indian Army Cavalry, in 1887, as a Sowar. After initial training, was posted to duties at Ambala, Punjab. His first participation in a major military campaign was during the Chitral Expedition circa 1895-97, as a Lance Daffadar. Subsequently, he served in the Tirah Campaign and operations in the Barra Valley, 1897-98.
He died c. 1926 in Rehana.
Legacy
One of Mir Dad Khan's sons from his second wife, Muhammad Ayub Khan, rose to be a general in the Pakistan Army and the country's first military dictator and later president. One of his grandsons is Gohar Ayub Khan, Shaukat Ayub Khan, Akhtar Ayub Khan and Tahir Ayub; and his great-grandsons include Yousuf Ayub Khan, Akbar Ayub Khan, Omar Ayub Khan and Arshad Ayub Khan.

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