Researching Niaz Khan
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 37 people with the Khan surname? In that year Khan was ranked number 3542 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Niaz Khan on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Niaz Khan in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Khan ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Niaz Khan and the Khan Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Khan Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Khan family tree.
Study Parish Records for Niaz Khan at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Niaz Khan using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about Niaz Khan.
Research the Khan surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Khan Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 40936 people with the Khan surname in the UK? Khan is now ranked number 104 for popularity in the UK. |
Khan Family History Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Investigate the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Niaz Khan.
Study MyTrees for information on the Khan family and people looking to contact living Khan relations.
Investigate One Great Family for Khan records submitted by people who are already researching the Khan Family Tree.
Find Niaz Khan from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Khan Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
Research the Khan surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 21268 people with the Khan surname in the USA? Khan is ranked number 150 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Khan Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Niaz Khan. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Niaz Khan
Niaz Ali Khan (politician)
Chaudhry Niaz Ali Khan (June 28, 1880 – February 24, 1976) was a civil engineer, agriculturalist, and philanthropist who founded "Dar ul Islam Movement" and "Dar ul Islam Trust" in South Asia and "Dar ul Islam Trust" Institutes in Pathankot and Jauharabad. Besides a philanthropist, Niaz was also a civil servant, and a landowner. He was the member of All-India Muslim League and a participant of the Pakistan Movement with the ultimate aim of creating the Muslim-majority areas of British India.
"Dar ul Islam Trust" Institutes established by Niaz Ali Khan are examples of Muslim institutional efforts in India and Pakistan in the mid-20th century to re-establish a culture of learning and scholarship in the Islamic world leading to intellectual enlightenment and social reform.
As a civil engineer, he designed the original tunnel layout inside the Khewra Salt Mines in Pakistan, the world's second largest salt mines.
Source: Niaz Ali Khan (politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaNiaz Khan
Niaz Khan is a citizen of the United Kingdom, born in Pakistan, who asserts he defected from al Qaeda in 2000, and warned the FBI of al Qaeda's plans to attack civilian targets in the United States.Khan described growing disillusioned with his gambling debts and his job as a waiter.He describes being recruited to travel to Pakistan for training for jihad, outside a London gambling establishment, by a recruiter who offered to pay off his gambling debts.
He describes being trained just outside Lahore in how to hijack planes.His trainers had mockups of Boeing aircraft for the training.He was then to travel to New York City, in April 2000, to join a cell intending to attack civilian targets in the USA.However, he described having cold feet, and failing to meet his contact at the airport.He described gambling away all his contingency money.He described fearing punishment from his terrorist handlers.He approached the FBI and warned them that al Qaeda was planning to hijack planes to attack civilian targets in the USA.He was debriefed by the FBI for several weeks.Although he passed two lie detector tests, ultimately the FBI didn't believe him.The FBI sent him back to the UK, where he was interviewed by UK security officials, who didn't believe him either.
The Guardian quoted Khan's reaction to watching al Qaeda's attack on September 11, 2001.
Khan was interviewed by NBC News in 2004, on national TV.
Source: Niaz Khan, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Khan
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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