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{{Infobox military person
|name= Shahamad Khan
|birth_date=1 July 1879
|death_date=28 July 1947 (aged 68)
|birth_place= [[Rawalpindi]], [[British Punjab|Punjab]], [[British India]] (now [[Pakistan]])
|death_place=
|placeofburial= Takhti, [[Pakistan]]
|image= Naik Shah Ahmad Khan, VC, 89th Punjabis, 1916 copy2.jpg
|caption= Naik Shahamad Khan, VC, 89th Punjabis, 1916.
|nickname=
|allegiance= {{flag|British India|23px}}
|serviceyears=
|rank= [[Subedar]]
|branch= {{army|British India|23px}}
|commands=
|unit=[[89th Punjabis]]
|battles=[[World War I]]<br/>
*[[Mesopotamian campaign|Mesopotamia]]
|awards= [[File:UK Victoria Cross ribbon bar.svg|30px]] [[Victoria Cross]]
|laterwork=
}}
'''Shahamad Khan''' {{post-nominals|VC}} (1 July 1879 – 28 July 1947) was an Indian recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]], the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] forces.

==Military career==
A [[Punjabi Muslim]] [[Rajput]] from District [[Rawalpindi]] in modern [[Pakistan]], he was 36 years old, and a [[Naik (military rank)|Naik]] in the [[89th Punjabis]], [[British Indian Army]] (now 1st Battalion the [[Baloch Regiment]], [[Pakistan Army]]) during the [[World War I|First World War]]. He served on the Tigris Front in [[Mesopotamian campaign|Mesopotamia]], when the following deed took place, for which he was awarded the VC:

{{quote|"Shahamad Khan was in charge of a machine-gun section 150 yards from the enemy's position, covering a gap in the New Line at Beit Ayeesa, Mesopotamia on 12th/13 April 1916. After all his men, apart from two belt-fillers, had become casualties, Shamahad Khan, working the gun single-handed, repelled three counter-attacks. Under extremely heavy fire, he continued to hold the gap, whilst it was being made secure, for three hours. When his gun was disabled by enemy fire, he and the two belt-fillers continued to hold the ground with their rifles until they were ordered to retire. Along with the three men who were sent to his assistance, he brought back to his own lines, his gun, ammunition and a severely wounded man. Eventually he returned to remove all remaining arms and equipment, except for two shovels. But for his action, the line would undoubtedly have been penetrated by the enemy."<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29765|date=26 September 1916 |pages=9418–9419|supp=y }}</ref>}}

He later achieved the rank of [[Subedar]]. He is buried in his ancestral village of Takhti, [[Pakistan]].

==See also==
*Geoghegan, Col NM, and Campbell, Capt MHA. (1928). ''History of the 1st Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment''. Aldershot: Gale & Polden.
*Ahmad, Maj Rifat Nadeem, and Ahmed, Maj Gen Rafiuddin. (2006). ''Unfaded Glory: The 8th Punjab Regiment 1798-1956''. Abbottabad: The Baloch Regimental Centre.
*[[Monuments to Courage]] (David Harvey, 1999).
*[[The Register of the Victoria Cross]] (This England, 1997).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20020616032541/http://haynese.winthrop.edu/india/medals/VC/1SAKhan.html Shah Ahmad Khan]
*{{Find a Grave|8130718}}

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