the heridatary nawwab khan bahador title (nawab for short) was granted in 1897 to mohammad sharif khan and inherited by sharif's eldest son, aurangzeb badshah khan (nicknamed as charha nawab ) who ruled between 1904 and 1925. in 1906 his younger brother, miangul jan (munda khan), tried in vain to conquer the power with the assistance of the khan of barwa, sayed ahmad khan, a former ally of mohammad sharif. a second attempt in 1913 was crowned by success, but for a very short time, as in 1914 aurangzeb regained the rule over dir. also the other son of mohammad sharif, mohammad isa khan, attempted around 1915 to seize the dir throne by allying with the khan of barwa, but aurangzeb managed to conserve the rule.