Mehr Dil Khan
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Mehr Dil Khan | |
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مهردل خان | |
 A portrait of Mehr Dil Khan c. 1855 | |
| Governor of the Northern Frontier | |
| In office 9 August 1826 – 8 May 1839 | |
| Monarch | Kohan Dil Khan |
| In office 9 August 1842 – 16 March 1855 | |
| Monarch | Kohan Dil Khan |
| Foreign Minister of the Durrani Empire | |
| In office 3 May 1809 – September 1818 | |
| Monarch | Mahmud Shah Durrani |
| Prime Minister | Fateh Ali Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1796 |
| Died | 16 March 1855 (aged 58–59) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 10 sons and 3 daughters
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| Parent(s) | Payandah Khan An Idu Khel Hotak lady |
Mehr Dil Khan Barakzai[a] (1796 – 16 March 1855) was the governor of the Northern Frontier bordering the Ghilji tribes' domains of the Hotak and Tokhi tribes during the reigns of Pur Dil Khan and Kohan Dil Khan until his death in 1855.[1]
Mehr Dil was born in Kandahar into a Barakzai family, to his father Payandah Khan and to an Idu Khel Hotak lady, alongside his full-brothers, also known as the 'Dil Brothers': Sher Dil Khan, Pur Dil Khan, Rahim Dil Khan and Rahim Dil Khan.
