Person · r. 1816–7 – 5 November 1839
Mehrab Khan
Son of Mahmud Khan I, he succeeded peaceably and later sheltered the fugitive Shah Shuja, but was slain by a British force that stormed and took Kalat on 5 November 1839, an act the British government itself later judged unwarranted.
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- p. 372 · read as page image
Mehráb Khán succeeded peaceably to the government, and his first acts betokened spirit, and gave the promise of an effective and active reign.
- p. 106 · read as page image
the force arrived before Kalât on the morning of the 5th of November, when an attack on the place immediately followed... The gates were blown open, the town entered, and the citadel forced, when Mehráb Khán was slain, with many chiefs
- vol. 6, p. 277 · read as page image
9. Mir Mehrab Khan, 1816-7.