Sultan Mahmud Khan

Mahmud Khan's military career started when he was quite young. During the Battle of Amritsar (1797), Battle of Gujrat (1797) and Battle of Amritsar (1798), he served under the then Sardar Ranjit Singh; these battles foiled the attempts of Zaman Shah Durrani to annex Punjab into his region.^[8] In 1799, Ranjit Singh and his mother-in-law, Sada Kaur liberated Lahore from the Bhangi Misl and was proclaimed the Maharaja of Punjab in 1801.

After the death of his father, he was appointed as commander of the battalion that his father previously commanded.^[9][10] He showed exceptional bravery during the Battle of Multan (1818) whose command was assigned to Prince Kharak Singh and his mother, Maharani Datar Kaur. Following year, he accompanied Kharak Singh in Kashmir campaigns and part took in Battle of Shopian, after which Kashmir was annexed to the Sikh Empire. After the death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, he served under his son, Maharaja Kharak Singh.

After the annexation of the Punjab into British India, Sultan Mahmud Khan retired. His jagirs were initially confiscated and he received a pension of Rs 600 which he received for the rest of his life. He died in 1859.^[11] His service jagirs were amounted to 6000 Rs. but he was only provided with Rs. 600. His son, Ahmad Ali was allotted a pension of Rs. 120.^[12]