Pashtun Rulers and generals edit
- Amir Suri – Reign
9th-century–10th-century. Malik of the Ghurid dynasty Ghurid dynasty
- Muhammad ibn Suri – 10th-century–1011. Malik of the Ghurid dynasty Ghurid dynasty
- Abu Ali ibn Muhammad –Reign
1011-1035. Malik of the Ghurid dynasty Ghurid dynasty
- Abbas ibn Shith – Reign1035-1060. Abbas ibn Shith was the king of the Ghurid dynasty. Ghurid dynasty
- Muhammad ibn Abbas – Reign
1060-1080. King of the Ghurid dynasty. Ghurid dynasty
- Qutb al-din Hasan – Reign
1080-1100. King of the Ghurid dynasty. Ghurid dynasty
- Izz al-Din Husayn – Reign
1100-1146. King of the Ghurid dynasty. Ghurid dynasty
- Sayf al-Din Suri – Reign
1146-1149. King of the Ghurid dynasty. Ghurid dynasty
- Baha al-Din Sam I – Reign
1149. King of the Ghurid dynasty. Ghurid dynasty
- Ala al-Din Husayn – Reign
1149-1161. King of the Ghurid dynasty. Ghurid dynasty
- Sayf al-Din Muhammad – Reign
1161-1163. King of the Ghurid dynasty. Ghurid dynasty
- Muhammad ibn Abbas – Reign
1060-1080. Sultan of the Ghurid Empire. Ghurid dynasty
- Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad – Reign
1163 – 11 February 1203. Sultan of the Ghurid Empire. Ghurid dynasty
- Mu'izz ad-Din Muhammad – 1173–1202 (with his brother Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad)
(1202–1206 as sole ruler). Sultan of the Ghurid Sultanate. Ghurid dynasty
- Ghiyath al-Din Mahmud – ReignReign
1206–1212. Sultan of the Ghurid Empire. Ghurid dynasty
- Baha al-Din Sam III – Reign
1212–1213. Sultan of the Ghurid dynasty. Ghurid dynasty
- Ala al-Din Atsiz – Reign
1213-1214. Sultan of the Ghurid dynasty. Ghurid dynasty
- Ala al-Din Ali – Reign
1214-1215. Sultan of the Ghurid dynasty. Ghurid dynasty last Sultan of the Ghurid dynasty.
- Bahlul Lodi - founder of Lodi Dynasty (reigned 1451–1489), the most powerful of the Pashtun chiefs, who replaced the last king of the Sayyid dynasty in 1451.
- Sikandar Lodhi - Sultan of Delhi Lodi Dynasty Reign
17 July 1489 – 21 November 1517.
- Ibrahim Lodhi - Sultan of Delhi Lodi Dynasty Reign 1517 – 21 April 1526
- Sher Shah Suri - Sultan of the Suri Empire Reign 17 May 1540 – 22 May 1545
- Adil Shah Suri - Sultan of the Suri Empire
- Islam Shah Suri - Sultan of the Suri Empire Reign 27 May 1545 – 22 November 1554
- Firuz Shah Suri - Firuz Shah Suri
Sultan of the Suri Empire
- Muhammad Adil Shah - Sultan of the Suri Empire
- Ibrahim Shah Suri - Sultan of the Suri Empire
- Sikandar Shah Suri - Sultan of the Suri Empire
- Abdur Rahman Khan – monarch of Afghanistan in the late 19th century
- Ahmad Shah Durrani – founding father of Afghanistan
- Abdul Aziz Hotak – the second ruler of the Afghan Hotaki dynasty
- Shah Mir Swati — First Muslim Ruler of Kashmir and founder of Shah mir Dynasty
- Afzal Khan – 17th century Adil Shahi general
- Akbar Khan – Emir of Afghanistan
- Ali Mohammed Khan – Rohilla chieftain
- Amanullah Khan – Ghazi of the Third Anglo-Afghan War and King of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929
- Sultan Jahangir Swati – Famous Sultan Of Gabari Kingdom(1190-1510)
- Amir Khan – Nawab of Tonk
- Ashraf Hotaki – Shah of Persia from 1725 to 1729 and the fourth ruler of the Hotaki dynasty
- Ayub Shah – Afghan king
- Azim Khan Barakzai – Barakzai noble and governor of Kashmir
- Azad Khan Afghan
- Daud Khan Panni – Mughal general
- Alauddin Khalji second Ruler of Khalji dynasty
- Daud Khan Rohilla
- Daulat Khan Lodhi
- Diler Khan – 17th century Mughal general
- Dost Muhammad of Bhopal – Nawab of Bhopal
- Muhammad Khan Bangash - was the first Nawab of Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh,(Commander of 52000 Men Strong force)
- Dost Mohammad Khan – monarch of Afghanistan in the 19th century
- Habibullah Khan – King/Emir of Afghanistan
- Haibat Khan Niazi – Commander of Niazi contingent of Sher Shah Suri's army and Governor of Punjab
- Hafiz Rahmat Khan – Rohilla Chieftain
- Hamid Khan Lodhi – founder of Lodhi dynasty of Multan after the end of Arab rule in 961 A.D
- Hamidullah Khan – last Nawab of former Bhopal state in India
- Hussain Hotaki – last ruler of the Hotaki dynasty at Kandahar
- Inayatullah Khan – Afghan king
- Isa Khan Niazi – Masnad-e-Aali in reign of Sher Shah Suri shafqat zaman
- Khawas Khan Marwat – general of Sher Shah Suri
- Khushal Khan Khattak – Pahtun chief
- Mahmud Hotaki – Shah of Persia from 1722 to 1725 and the third ruler of the Hotaki dynasty
- Mahmud Shah Durrani – monarch of Afghanistan in the 18th century
- Miangul Jahan Zeb – last Wali of Swat
- Mirwais Hotak – founder of the Afghan Hotaki dynasty in Kandahar
- Mohammad Akbar Khan – Afghan prince and warrior
- Mohammad Ayub Khan – monarch of Afghanistan in the 19th century
- Muhammad Habib Khan Tarin – Nawab, Chieftain and cavalry officer
- Muhammad Khan Bangash – founder of Farrukhabad state in the early 18th century
- Khan Zaman Khan Tanoli – ruled the state of Amb from 1907 to 1936
- Mohammad Nadir Shah – King of Afghanistan from 1929 to 1933
- Mohammad Yaqub Khan – monarch of Afghanistan in the late 19th century
- Mohammed Zahir Shah – the last king of Afghanistan, who reigned for 40 years
- Muhammad Mahabat Khan III – last Nawab of Junagarh (defunct title)
- Najabat Khan – Pashtun Nawab
- Najib ad-Dawlah – Rohilla chieftain
- Najib-ul-Daula – Nawab of Rohilla
- Nasrullah Khan
- Nawab Muzaffar Khan – Durrani Nawab of Multan
- Shah Shujah Durrani (Sadozai) – former king of Afghanistan
- Sher Shah Suri – Afghan King of India
- Timur Shah Durrani – monarch of Afghanistan, the second ruler of the Durrani Empire
- Zabita Khan – Rohilla chieftain
- Zain Khan Sirhindi – Durrani general
- Zaman Shah Durrani – monarch of Afghanistan
- Khwaja Usman – Mughal opponent, Baro-Bhuyan chieftain
- Hakim Khan Sur, Army General of Maharana Pratap in Battle of Haldighati.