Meer Chaakar Khan Rind or Chakar-i-Azam
(Farsi or Urdu: میر چاکر خان رند) is considered a folk hero of Baloch
people. Meer Chaakar (1468 – 1565) was a Baloch King in the 15th century.
Chakar Khan founded a kingdom which proved to be shortlived however
because of a civil war between the Lashari and Rind tribes of Balochistan.
Meer Chaakar Khan Rind joined Mughal army of Emperor Humayun and was
rewarded by Humayun after his reconquest of this throne in
1555.
Meer Chaakar Khan Rind lived in Sevi (modern time Sibi) in
hills of Balochistan and became the head of Rind tribe after the death of
his father Mir Shahak Khan at the age of 18. Meer Chaakar Khan Rind is
regarded as one of the great Baloch heroes and is the centre of Balochi
love lore and war ballad. A natural leader and warrior, Meer Chaakar Khan
Rind was a man with resolute determination.
Meer Chaakar Khan and
Mir Gwaharam Khan, head of the Lashari tribe went to war. Thousands of
Rinds and Lasharis, Including Meer Chaakar's brother, were killed in this
war, and ballads that still echo in hills of Balochistan and are part of
Baloch oral literature, commemorate the personal gallantry of the two
heroes. After 'the thirty year war' against Lasharis, he left Balochistan
and settled in the Punjab in 1518.
Chakar Khan Settled in Satghara
and became a regional force. He was respected (and feared) in the area.
Afghan King Sher Shah Suri approached Meer Chaakar Khan Rind to join hands
with him and help him consolidate his gains. Meer Chaakar Rind appreciated
the situation and not only wisely refused to help Sher Shah Suri but also
managed to elude Afghan armies. Instead, his forces under the able command
of his son Mir Shahdad Khan joined Humayun when after a long exile in
Persia, Mughal emperor came back, recaptured Delhi and ousted Suri dynasty
in 1556. Emperor Humayun as a reward conferred a vast Jagir (Land
holdings), including horses and slaves, upon him. Meer Chaakar Khan ruled
till he died in 1565.
The followers who had accompanied Meer
Chaakar Khan Rind to Satghara built the tomb after death of the
hero.
Meer Chaakar Khan Rind or Chakar-i-Azam
(Farsi or Urdu: میر چاکر خان رند) is considered a folk hero of Baloch
people. Meer Chaakar (1468 – 1565) was a Baloch King in the 15th century.
Chakar Khan founded a kingdom which proved to be shortlived however
because of a civil war between the Lashari and Rind tribes of Balochistan.
Meer Chaakar Khan Rind joined Mughal army of Emperor Humayun and was
rewarded by Humayun after his reconquest of this throne in
1555.