Gul Mohammad Khan Babar belonged to the Gora Khel sub-tribe and used to live in Kandahar.

There, he was the chief of the Babar tribe and Member of the Loya Jirga in the era of Mir Wais Hotak.

Gul Mohammad Khan Babar was also the Finance Minister in the reign of Ahmad Shah Durrani (AD 1737-1747).

Due to his efforts, the Babar tribe was exempted from taxes and compulsory recruitment in the army during the Durrani Empire.

He also bought 210 m of land outside of Shikarpur and there he built a village and named it Sultan Kot and he started to live there.

Shuja Shah Durrani stayed at his settlement in Shikarpur for many months.he also help him in his last attempt for throne of Afghanistan in 1838.