Jahangir Khan

Khan was born on 10 December 1963 into a Pashtun family in Karachi.^{[11][12][3][13]} His family originally hailed from Nawan Kalli, a small village near Peshawar in Pakistan.^{[14][15][16][13]}

A member of the Khan family, he was born into a family of squash players; his father Roshan Khan won the British Open title in 1957, and his older brother was Torsam Khan.^[11]

His two nieces Natasha Khan (better known as Bat for Lashes) is a British singer,^[17] and Maria Khan is a professional footballer who has played for the Pakistan women national football team.^[18]

Jahangir Khan was coached initially by his father Roshan, the 1957 British Open champion, then by his brother Torsam.^[11] After his brother's sudden death he was coached by his cousin Rehmat, who guided Khan through most of his career.^[11]

In 1979, the Pakistan selectors decided not to select Khan to play in the world championships in Australia^[19] but he entered the World Amateur Individual Championship, at the age of 15, and became the youngest-ever winner of that event. In November 1979, Torsam Khan, who had been one of the leading international squash players in the 1970s, died suddenly of a heart attack during Australian Open match in Adelaide Australia. Torsam's death profoundly affected Khan. He considered quitting the game, but decided to pursue a career in the sport as a tribute to his brother.^[20]

He retired as a player in 1993, and has served as President of the World Squash Federation from 2002 to 2008, later became Emeritus President.^[10][21]

World Open final appearances

British Open final appearances

• 1981 – At age 17 became the youngest winner of the World Open, beating Australia's Geoff Hunt in final.^[22]
• 1984 – Featured on a Government of Pakistan issued postage stamp.^[23]
• 1999 – Sport and Youth Award by French Government^[24]
• 2005 – Times Award – Time Magazine named Khan as one of Asia's Heroes in the last 60 years.^[25]
• 2007 – Awarded an honorary degree of Doctorate of Philosophy by London Metropolitan University.^[26]
• 2017 – Featured on a Government of Japan issued commemorative stamp^[27]
• 2018 – Winner of the 8th Asian Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sport^[28]
• 2023 – Nishan-i-Imtiaz by the President of Pakistan.^[29]

In 2018, Khan became global President of Shahid Afridi Foundation (SAF) in a ceremony held at Japan. SAF was founded by former cricketer Shahid Afridi which aims to provide healthcare and education facilities in Pakistan.^[30]

• List of squash players
• Jansher Khan
• World Open
• British Open Squash Championships
• World Squash Federation
• List of Pakistanis

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jahangir Khan.

• Jahangir Khan – PSA player profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 March 2012)
• Jahangir Khan at Squash Info
• The Incredible Khans of Squash: Part III Jahangir
• The Khan Family, A Squash Dynasty Part III
• Pakistan Squash – The Khan Supremacy Part VII
• Jahangir Khan page at Squashpics.com
• Details of Jahangir's rivalry with Jansher Khan
• Article on Jahangir's hardball squash rivalry with Mark Talbott
• World Squash Awards
• The KhanSquash Management Group – (archived)