Dost Mohammad Khan
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1793 – 1863
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Who was Dost Mohammad Khan?
Dost Mohammad Khan was the founder of the Barakzai dynasty and one of the prominent rulers of Afghanistan during the First Anglo-Afghan War. With the decline of the Durrani dynasty, he became Emir of Afghanistan from 1826 to 1839 and then from 1845 to 1863. An ethnic Pashtun, he was the 11th son of Sardar Payendah Khan (chief of the Barakzai tribe) who was killed in 1799 by Zaman Shah Durrani. Dost Mohammad's grandfather was Hajji Jamal Khan.
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- Born
- Dec 23, 1793
Kandahar - Parents
- Siblings
- Children
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Nationality
- Afghanistan
- Died
- Jun 9, 1863
Herat - Resting place
- Khwaja 'Abd Allah Ansari shrine
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on July 23, 2013
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