page_title: Sultan Sarang Khan
section_title: Father's assassination
hierarchical_section_title: Sultan Sarang Khan / Early years / Father's assassination
caption_attribution_description: English: Mention of Tatar Khan assassination by Hathi Khan in Baburnama.
context_page_description: Sarang Khan was the Second Chief of the Gakhar tribe to hold the title Sultan, who ruled over the Pothohar region in northern Punjab, in modern-day Pakistan from 1520 – 1546.
context_section_description: In 1519, Tatar Khan was assassinated by his nephew Hathi Khan, due to envy and hatred, in a late night raid on Pharwala Fort in which he also plundered the city, by doing so he was able to take control. When Babur was made aware of this incident he marched from Khushab and attacked Pharwala.
  This incident is recorded in Baburnama by Babur as such: 
  At the very time when we were in Bahrah, Hati had advanced upon Tatar by a stratagem, had surprised and slain him, and taken his country, his women, and all his property.
caption: Account of Tatar Khan assassination by Hathi Khan from the Persian rendering of Baburnama
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