Wazir Arsala Khan

{{Short description|19th century Afghan politician}}

Wazir Arsala Khan was an early ancestor of the influential Arsala family of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. He served as the foreign minister of Afghanistan in 1869.[http://www.nps.edu/Programs/CCS/Docs/LeaderProfiles/Hajj_din_Mohammad_Bio.pdf Haji Din Mohammad Biography], Program for Culture and Conflict Studies, (US) Naval Postgraduate School

Khan was the great-grandfather of the three Arsala brothers, Abdul Haq, Haji Din Mohammad, and Haji Abdul Qadir, who gained great power in Nangarhar Province during the Soviet-Afghan War, through their ties with Yunus Khalis.