Researching Zahid 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 Zahid Khan on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Zahid 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. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some 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 Zahid Khan and the Khan Genealogy
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.
Investigate Parish Records for Zahid Khan at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Zahid Khan using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records about Zahid Khan.
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![]() | 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.
Look at the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Zahid Khan.
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Search One Great Family for Khan records submitted by people who are already researching the Khan Family Tree.
Find Zahid 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.
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Miscellaneous Khan Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Zahid Khan. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Zahid Khan
Zahid Ali Akbar Khan
Lieutenant-General Zahid Ali Akbar ( b. 1933), was an engineering officer in the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers, who oversaw the civil construction of the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi, and later directing the Engineering Research Laboratories (ERL), a top secret research facility developing the clandestine atomic bomb program in the 1970s. Promoted to the rank of Major General and later Lieutenant General by President Zia ul Haq, post-retirement he was targeted for political reasons by General Pervez Musharraf and forced to make a 200 million plea bargain in a corruption case in 2015 to avoid continued political persecution.
His career started in the Corps of Engineers as civil engineer before being posted to conduct the survey of Kahuta where he designed, established and later directed the enormous construction of the research site that was critical in the clandestine development of the atomic bomb program. In addition to his secretive role in the atomic bomb feasibility in the 1970s, he took up charge on collecting military intelligence on the India's nuclear program but later in the 1980s, he was appointed as an Engineer-in-Chief at the Army GHQ. His war appointment also included the command of the X Corps but appointed as Chairman of Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) as a secondment in 1984–89. In 1989–90, he then headed the Defence Science and Engineering Organization, and later Chairing the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), overseeing the national team winning the Cricket World Cup in 1992.
His role in the atomic bomb program remains well hidden until memoirs written by dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan in 2009.
Source: Zahid Ali Akbar Khan, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Khan
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