Background
He was the son of Risaldar Mir Dad Khan and the brother of former military dictator and president Ayub Khan, (General Muhammad Ayub Khan). He was born in the village of Rehana which is located in the Haripur District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Education
He received his Bachelor of Laws Degree from Aligarh Muslim University.
Career
He was the 9th Chief Minister of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (then North-West Frontier Province). He became Speaker of the Assembly in 1942. He was re-elected in the 1946 election.
He served as Minister for Communications in the cabinets of multiple Prime Ministers: Liaquat Ali Khan from 10 September 1949 – 19 October 1951, Khawaja Nazimuddin from 24 October 1951 – 17 April 1953 and Muhammad Ali Bogra from 17 April 1953 – 24 October 1954.
He held the additional portfolio of Health and Works from 10 September 1949 – 20 September 1949. Khan served as Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan from 8 November 1954 – 19 July 1955.
After the 1962 elections, he became Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Pakistan during the government of President Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan. The Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University in Quetta is named in his memory.