Sultan Muzaffar Khan

Muzaffar Xán.

Sultan Muzaffar Khan (سلطان مظفر خان) was a chief of the Bomba (Kashmiri tribe).[1] The city of Muzaffarabad, current day Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, is named after him. Muzaffar Khan united various hill tribes around Kashmir-Hazara border and convinced them to settle near the site of two rivers, Jhelum and Kishanganga (now Neelum) rivers. Turning a small town into a big city which today is named after him.[2]

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  1. ↑ Mir-át-i Mas'údi
  2. ↑ Remains of the day last retrieved February 17, 2007.


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