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| successor        = [[Prince Khalid Suleiman Khan]]
| successor        = [[Prince Khalid Suleiman Khan]]
| suc-type          = son  
| suc-type          = son  
| spouses           =  
| spouse           = Meryem Khudeeja Khan and Fatimah Aisha Khan
| spouse-type      =  
| spouse-type      = co-wives
| issue            =  
| issue            = [[Prince Khalid Suleiman Khan]]
| issue-link        =
| issue-pipe        =
| native_name      = Suleiman Khan
| native_name      = Suleiman Khan
| styles            =  
| styles            = Hadrat
| titles            =  
| titles            = Emir of Khan County, Squadron Leader
| noble family      = [[Sharifistani royal family|Khan]]
| noble family      = [[Sharifistani royal family|Khan]]
| house-type        = clan  
| house-type        = clan  
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| religion          = Islam  
| religion          = Islam  
| occupation        = Air Cavalry fighter pilot (1976-2016), Emir (1971-2020)
| occupation        = Air Cavalry fighter pilot (1976-2016), Emir (1971-2020)
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'''military career'''
'''military career'''


Aged 21, whilst still an Emir, Suleiman Khan joined the Royal Air Cavalry in 1976 as a fighter pilot. He was involved in the Indo-Pakistani War and left at the rank of Squadron Leader.   
Aged 21, whilst still an Emir, Suleiman Khan joined the Royal Air Cavalry in 1976 as a fighter pilot. He was involved in the Indo-Pakistani War and left at the rank of Squadron Leader in 1983.   
 
'''Veneration'''
 
{{Infobox saint
| honorific_prefix= Shahid
| name = Suleiman Khan
| titles = Emir of Khan County
| residence = Khan County
| death_date = April the 5th 2020
| death_place = Khan County
| venerated_in = Sufi Islam in [[Sharifistan]]
| major_shrine = Khan Family plot Khan County Cemetery
| patronage = pilots, Air Cavalry officers, orphans, foreign students,
COVID-19 (protection against), Madinat Al-Islam University, elderly people and seminarians.
| issues =
| suppressed_date =
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Revision as of 21:34, 18 November 2020

Emir Suleiman Khan II was the Emir of Khan County and father of Prince Khalid Suleiman Khan, the Prince-Regent of Sharifistan. He died of COVID-19 in 2020.

Suleiman Khan
Emir of Khan County
Reign1971-2020
PredecessorSuleiman Khan (Army officer)
sonPrince Khalid Suleiman Khan
Native nameSuleiman Khan
Titles and styles
Hadrat
BornSuleiman Khan
September the 25th 1954
Madinat Al-Islam Old Town
DiedOctober the 3rd 2020
BuriedKhan plot, Madinat Al-Islam Old Town Cemetery
FamilyKhan
co-wivesMeryem Khudeeja Khan and Fatimah Aisha Khan
Issue
FatherSuleiman Khan (Army officer)
MotherEmirah Aisha Khan
ReligionIslam
OccupationAir Cavalry fighter pilot (1976-2016), Emir (1971-2020)

Early life

Born in 1954, Suleiman Khan was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Suleiman Khan (the previous Emir) and Emirah Aisha Khan (one of his wives). He was educated in a private school in Switzerland until the assassination of his father when he was only seventeen (after which he went to school in Sharifistan so he could also perform his official duties as the Emir).

University

Emir Suleiman Khan studied Islamic Studies at Madinat Al-Islam University.

military career

Aged 21, whilst still an Emir, Suleiman Khan joined the Royal Air Cavalry in 1976 as a fighter pilot. He was involved in the Indo-Pakistani War and left at the rank of Squadron Leader in 1983.

Veneration

Shahid

Suleiman Khan
Emir of Khan County
ResidenceKhan County
DiedApril the 5th 2020
Khan County
Venerated inSufi Islam in Sharifistan
Major shrineKhan Family plot Khan County Cemetery
Patronagepilots, Air Cavalry officers, orphans, foreign students, COVID-19 (protection against), Madinat Al-Islam University, elderly people and seminarians.