Palay Khan

Who was Palay Khan?

Palay Khan Khosti Palay Khan was also referred to as, Palay Shah Khosti and belonged to the Khosti syed tribe of Zhob. He was a freedom fighter and chief of a freedom fighters' group, which fought against the British Raj, in 1930s, at Balochistan, Pakistan then the Baluchistan, a Commissionerate Province.

Palay Khan never surrendered in agreement between his group and the British Raj against some compensation in favour of the earlier. The British promised him that they would accept the tribal laws as the constitution and laws for his land, that was announced for Zhob, the main area of his struggle.some versea of pashto epic poetry in praise of Palay Shah Khosti "Da Sarak ghary pa sray, Dalta khairat karai Palay" & "Zala tashty malashay, Da bam golai wali Palay."