Palay Khan (Pashto: پالې خان, 1888-1951), also referred to as Palay Shah, was an ethnic Pashtun from the Khosti tribe in zhob, a freedom fighter, and commander of the group that fought against the British Raj in 1930 in Baluchistan (a Commissionerate Province).
Palay Khan never accepted an agreement between his group and the British Raj, against some compensation in favor of the earlier.
[citation needed] The 1986 Bollywood film Palay Khan, directed by Ashim Samanta and produced by Shakti Samanta, provides a romanticized depiction of Palay Khan's campaign against the British.
[1][2] The 1990 PTV drama series Palay Shah was produced as a tribute to his involvement in the freedom movement.
Palay was played by Jamal Shah (whom also wrote the script for the series).