Emir Suleiman Khan

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
Reign	1971-2020
Predecessor	Suleiman Khan (Army officer)
son	Prince Khalid Suleiman Khan
Native name	Suleiman Khan
Detail Titles and styles Hadrat
Born	Suleiman Khan September the 25th 1954 Madinat Al-Islam Old Town
Died	October the 3rd 2020
Buried	Khan plot, Madinat Al-Islam Old Town Cemetery
Family	Khan
co-wives	Meryem Khudeeja Khan and Fatimah Aisha Khan
Issue Prince Khalid Suleiman Khan and Khanum Maryam Fatimah Aisha Khan
Father	Suleiman Khan (Army officer)
Mother	Emirah Aisha Khan
Religion	Islam
Occupation	Air 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).

Education After leaving the Sharifistani School of Fencing, Emir Suleiman Khan studied Islamic Studies at Madinat Al-Islam University graduating with a 2:1 degree in 1975. After his degree, he applied to the Royal Air Cavalry in 1975, he was accepted and took a one year Master of Military Science degree.

military career

Aged 21, whilst still an Emir, Suleiman Khan joined the Royal Air Cavalry in 1975, training 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
Residence	Khan County
Died	April the 5th 2020 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.