He was the father of the Mughal general Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung I and the grandfather of Mir Qamar-ud-din Siddiqi, Asaf Jah I.

Al-Suhrawardi was a celebrated Persian Sufi mystic, a renowned scholar known for his piety and knowledge of the law and was even honoured with the title Allum-ul-Ulema (wisest of the wise).

Kilich Khan is known to have utilised the composite bow and arrow, he kept the Quran attached to his quiver and rode along with a Crescent standard and a yellow flag.

Riding on horseback was familiar to him from the moment he could toddle alone from his mother's knee as it is to this day to everybody from the plains of Arabia to the hills of Afghanistan and he was specially taught to regard the cause of the Crescent and the Quran as the great purpose of his existence.

The Mughal Emperor bestowed on Kilich Khan a Khilat or dress of honour and promised him that after he returned from Mecca he could take up a post on his personal staff.

[citation needed] Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung was so keen on taking the fort that in a sudden assault, he sent his father in charge of the storming party.

Aurangzeb's Vizier-e-Azam (prime minister), Asad Khan noticed that while the surgeons were busy taking bits of bone and iron from his wound, he was stoically sipping coffee.