Mohammad Azam Khan
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| Sardar[a] Commander of the Faithful[b] The Celestial-Throned Emir[c] | |
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| Emir of Afghanistan | |
| Reign | 7 October 1867 – 8 September 1868 |
| Predecessor | Mohammad Afzal Khan |
| Successor | Sher Ali Khan |
| Born | 1820 (1820) Kabul, Durrani Empire |
| Died | 12 October 1869(1869-10-12) (aged 48–49) Bastam, Qajar Iran |
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| Spouse | |
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6 sons and 2 daughters
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| Dynasty | Barakzai dynasty |
| Father | Dost Mohammed Khan |
| Mother | a daughter of Mullah Sadiq Ali |
Mohammad Azam Khan Barakzai[d] (1820–1869) was briefly the Emir of Afghanistan from 7 October 1867 to 21 August 1868.[1][2][3] He was born in 1820, and was the fifth son of Dost Mohammad Khan. He was an ethnic Pashtun belonging to the Barakzai tribe.[1] Azam Khan succeeded his brother Mohammad Afzal Khan after the latter's death from cholera on 7 October 1867.[4] Sher Ali Khan was reinstated as Emir of Afghanistan and his forces captured Kabul on 21 August 1868.[1] Sher Ali himself entered Kabul on 8 September 1868.[3][2] Mohammad Azam Khan fled to Sistan and then to Iran, where he died in 1870.[1]
See also
Notes
- ^ Persian: سردار, romanized: Sardār [säɾ.d̪ɑ́ːɾ]
- ^ Arabic: أمير المؤمنين, romanized: ʾAmīr al-Muʾminīn [ʔa.miːr‿ul.muʔ.mi.niːn]
- ^ Persian: امیر گردونسریر, romanized: Amīr-i Gardūn-sarīr [ʔä.miː.ɾɪ gäɾ.d̪úːn sä.ɾíːɾ]
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- Pashto: محمد اعظم خان بارکزی, romanized: Muhammad A'zam Xān Bārakzai [mu.wa.mad̪ ʔɑ.zam xɑn bɑ.ɾak.zaɪ]
- Persian: محمد اعظم خان بارکزی, romanized: Mohammad A'zam Khān Bārakzay [mʊ.wäm.mád̪ ʔɑː.zám xɑːn bɑː.ɾäk.záj, mo̞.ɦäm.mád̪ ʔäʔ.zám xɑːn bɑː.ɾäk.záj]
References
- ^ a b c d McChesney, Robert; Khorrami, Mohammad Mehdi (2012-12-19). The History of Afghanistan: Fayż Muḥammad Kātib Hazārah's Sirāj al-tawārīkh. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-23498-7.
- ^ a b Hasan Kakar, Mohammad (2006). A Political and Diplomatic History of Afghanistan, 1863-1901. Brill Publishers. pp. 9–15. ISBN 9004151850.
- ^ a b Lee, Johnathan (2019). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. pp. 321–364. ISBN 978-1789140101.
- ^ Hamid. "Afghanistan Monarchs". afghanistantourism.net. Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-07-13.