# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/iftikhar-khan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:44:41.977Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/iftikhar-khan"
name: "Iftikhar Khan"
slug: "iftikhar-khan"
description: "Major General Mohammad Iftikhar Khan known as Iftikhar Khan and Ifti among his colleagues, was a Pakistani two-star rank general, who last served as the General Officer Commanding 10th Division in Lahore from 1948 to 1949, before proceeding to attend a course at the Imperial Defence College. He was the most senior officer in line to succeed General Gracey as the Commander-in-Chief, but was killed in a Dakota C-53 crash with 22 others, including his wife and infant daughter, leading to General Ayub Khan being appointed instead."
tagline: "Pakistani general"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Geniftikhar.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1907"
deathDate: "1949-12-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.88
  momentum:             10.078125
  historical:           5.685998666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Iftikhar Khan"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iftikhar_Khan"
    title: "Iftikhar Khan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "افتخار خان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A9%86%E7%BD%95%E9%BB%98%E5%BE%B7%C2%B7%E4%BC%8A%E5%A4%AB%E6%8F%90%C2%B7%E6%B1%97"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%97'%D7%90%D7%A8_%D7%97%D7%90%D7%9F"
    title: "אפתיח'אר חאן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "افتخار خان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5991315"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump