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{{People|
fullname = Ardashir Moqtada al-Osmani|
aka = The Khan of Vijayanagara |
image = Ardykhan.png|
gender = Male|
species = Human|
Race = [[Babkhi]]|
hairstyle = Black hair (dyed), waxed-moustache. |
eyecolor = Brown|
skincolor = Olive|
other = |
father = [[Ardashir Khan]]|
mother = Victoria Rose|
birthdate = 1504|
birthplace = Kamalshahr, [[Babkha]]|
deathdate = 1598|
deathplace = Raspur, [[Babkha]]|
residence = n/a|
nationality = [[Babkha|Babkhan]]|
allegiance = n/a|
occupation = Ninth Duke of Elwynn|
}}
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'''Ardashir Piroz Moqtada al-Osmani''' (1504-1598), [[Duke]] of [[Elwynn]], Khan of Vijayanagara, [[Baron of Eliria]] &etc
The second son of [[Ardashir]], Shah of [[Babkha]] and former [[Baron]] of Elwynn, he was dispatched to Elwynn by his father at a young age to represent the Osmanid dynasty's commitment to gaining hegemony over that realm.

*Assassinated the former [[Kaiser Hasan I]]
*Deposed by a Hyperborean Invasion
*Returned and served Andrew Allot.
*Served as MoMA
*Son, Aurangzeb, co-drafted the Elwynnese Declaration of Independence 
*Fell out with his own negotiating team (Lord Erion) when trying to oblige Shirekeep to accept the frontiers of an independent Elwynn as being those of the former Duchy at its greatest territorial extent.
*Indicted and put on trial by the Elwynnese after his son, [[Aurangzeb Khan]] destroyed the Congress Building
*Remained in Babkha after the scandal which saw his son, Aurangzeb, return to Elwynn.
*Presumed to have perished in the [[Euran Apocalypse]] on Hyre 24, Araroqpinu, 1598.

==Offspring==
*[[Kaiser Aurangzeb|Aurangzeb al-Osman]]
*[[Turandokht Osmania]]

==Ancestry==
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|7= 7. [[Morimoto Cycle|Maria Morimoto]]
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|18= 18. Hashem Shah II Kapav
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[[Category:House of Osman]][[Category:Rulers of Elwynn]][[Category:Babkha]]