page_title: Ali Mardan Khan
hierarchical_section_title: Ali Mardan Khan
caption_attribution_description: English: The octagonal Tomb of Ali Mardan Khan, Lahore This is a photo of a monument in Pakistan identified as the PB-41
context_page_description: Ali Mardan Khan was a Kurdish military leader and administrator, serving under the Safavid kings Shah Abbas I and Shah Safi, and later the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan. He was the son of Ganj Ali Khan. After surrendering the city of Qandahar, part of the easternmost territories of the Safavids to the Mughals in 1638, he served with distinction in the Mughal administration, earning the highest honors of the Mughal court.
context_section_description: Ali Mardan Khan (Persian: علی مردان خان‎, Urdu: علی مردان خان‎) (died April 1657) was a Kurdish military leader and administrator, serving under the Safavid kings Shah Abbas I and Shah Safi, and later the Mughal ruler Shah Jahan. He was the son of Ganj Ali Khan. After surrendering the city of Qandahar, part of the easternmost territories of the Safavids to the Mughals in 1638, he served with distinction in the Mughal administration, earning the highest honors of the Mughal court.
caption: The Tomb of Ali Mardan Khan.
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