Pride of Performance Award by the Government of Pakistan (1961) Azam Khan (Pashto: اعظم خان; 20 April 1926[1] – 28 March 2020[2]) was a Pakistani squash player who won the British Open Championships four times, from 1959 to 1962.
[1] Azam Khan was born into a Pashtun family at Nawakville, a small village near Peshawar, Pakistan, on 20 April 1926.
Both this injury and the death of his 14-year-old son of chest and brain problems within a year slowed him down and he decided to retire from the game in 1962.
In 1967, when Barrington won a total of two points in as many sessions against Azam Khan, the latter was 48 years old and had left professional squash in 1962.
Perhaps he was,[5] In a recent book "Trading Secrets" he does admit that the first time he beat his brother was with his permission, in line with the respect of the family elders, ingrained in Pushtoon culture.