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UMRA KHAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 578 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KHAN , of Jandol (c. 186o–1903), a See also:Pathan See also:chief on the See also:north-western frontier of See also:India, who was chiefly responsible for the See also:Chitral See also:Campaign of 1895. He was the younger son of the khan of Jandol; but he killed his See also:elder See also:brother, seized the See also:throne, and made himself a See also:power on the frontier. In 1894 he held undisputed sway over almost the whole of See also:Bajour, when his restless ambition caused him to interfere in the See also:internal affairs of Chitral. He instigated See also:Amir-ul-Mulk, a See also:half-witted brother of the Chitral chief, to See also:murder his brother See also:Nizam-ul-Mulk, and then threw over the fratricide and supported the claims of his See also:uncle Sher Afzul to the throne. The See also:government of India intervened and ordered Umra Khan to leave Chitral. When he refused, the Chitral Expedition was despatched (see CHITRAL); Umra Khan was driven into See also:exile in See also:Afghanistan, and died there in 1903.

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