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Asaf Khan is perhaps best known for being the father of Arjumand Banu Begum, the chief consort of Shah Jahan and the older brother of Empress Nur Jahan, and the maternal grandfather of Emperor Aurangzeb and Dara Shikoh.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1569","date":"1569"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q560973#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Kandahar","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45604"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q560973#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"12 June 1641","date":"1641-06-12"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q560973#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Lahore","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11739"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q560973#P20"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"statesperson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q372436"},{"text":"grand vizier","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18811"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q560973#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"grand vizier (30 January 1628 – 12 June 1641)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18811","start":"1628-01-30","end":"1641-06-12"},{"text":"avocat (12 May 1611 – 8 November 1627)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5587910","start":"1611-05-12","end":"1627-11-08"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q560973#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu'l-Hasan_Asaf_Khan","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q560973"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan born?","a":"Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan was born on 1569 in Kandahar."},{"q":"What positions has Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan held?","a":"Positions held by Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan include: grand vizier (1628–1641); avocat (1611–1627)."}],"related":[{"name":"Ahmed Cevad Pasha","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ahmed-cevad-pasha"},{"name":"Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mehmed-emin-ali-pasha"},{"name":"Ba Ahmed","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/ba-ahmed"},{"name":"Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kopruluzade-fazl-mustafa-pasha"},{"name":"Lala Mustafa Pasha","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/lala-mustafa-pasha"},{"name":"Koca Sinan Pasha","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/koca-sinan-pasha"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/abu-l-hasan-asaf-khan-788084a8f0.jpg","width":500,"height":684,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Unknown author Unknown author","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Asaf_Khan_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu'l-Hasan_Asaf_Khan","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q560973","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q560973","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Portrait of Asaf Khan (cropped).jpg by Unknown author Unknown author (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Asaf_Khan_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Portrait of Asaf Khan (cropped).jpg — Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain.","cite":"\"Abu'l-Hasan Asaf Khan\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/abu-l-hasan-asaf-khan. Retrieved 5 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T10:00:46Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-05","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/abu-l-hasan-asaf-khan","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/abu-l-hasan-asaf-khan","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/abu-l-hasan-asaf-khan?lang=ne"}}