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  Dost Mahommed Khan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
His elder brother, the chief of the Barakzai, Fatteh Khan, took an important part in raising Mahmud Shah to the sovereignty of Afghanistan in 1800 and in restoring him to the throne in 1809.
Dost Mahommed was enjoined to abandon the attempt to recover Peshawar, and to place his foreign policy under British guidance.
Shah Shuja was proclaimed amir, and entered Kabul on August 7, while Dost Mahommed sought refuge in the wilds of the Hindu Kush.
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 Durrani Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Painda Khan and the chiefs of the Nurzai and the Alizai Durrani clans were executed, as was the chief of the Qizilbash clan.
Painda Khan's son fled to Iran and pledged the substantial support of his Muhammadzai followers to a rival claimant to the throne, Zaman's older brother, Mahmud Shah.
From 1818 until Dost Mohammad's ascendancy in 1826, chaos reigned in the domains of Ahmad Shah Durrani's empire as various sons of Painda Khan struggled for supremacy.
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 Abdur Rahman Khan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Although his father, Afzul Khan, who had none of these qualities, came to terms with the Amir Shere Ali, the son's behaviour in the northern province soon excited the amir's suspicion, and Abdur Rahman, when he was summoned to Kabul, fled across the Oxus into Bokhara.
However, Ayub Khan, one of Shere Ali's sons, marched upon that city from Herat, defeated Abdur Rahman's troops, and occupied the place in July.
In 1885, at the moment when the amir was in conference with the British viceroy, Lord Dufferin, in India, the news came of a skirmish between Russian and Afghan troops at Panjdeh, over a disputed point in the demarcation of the north-western frontier of Afghanistan.
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 KANDAHAR - LoveToKnow Article on KANDAHAR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Mahmud was reinstated by Fateh Khan, whom he appointed his vizier, and whose nephews, Dost Mahommed Khan and Kohn dil Khan, he placed respectively in the governments of Kabul and Kandahar.
Fateh Khan was barbarously,murdered by Kamran (Mahmuds son) near Ghazni in i8i8; and in retaliation Mahmud himself was driven from power, and the Barakzai clan secured the sovereignty of Afghanistan.
Dost Mahommed was defeated near Kabul, and after surrender to the British force, was deported into Hindustan.
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 Abdur Rahman Khan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Although his father, Afzul Khan, who had none of these qualities, came to terms with the Amir Shir Ali, the son's behaviour in the northern province soon excited the amir's suspicion, and Abdur Rahman, when he was summoned to Kabul, fled across the Oxus into Bokhara.
However, Ayub Khan, one of Shir Ali's sons, marched upon that city from Herat, defeated Abdur Rahman's troops, and occupied the place in July.
His youngest son, Mahomed Omar Jan, was born in 1889 of an Afghan mother, connected by descent with the Barakzai family.
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 Abdur Rahman Khan Information - TextSheet.com
Before his death at Herat, on June 9 1863, Dost Mahomed had nominated as his successor Shere Ali, his third son, passing over the two elder brothers, Afzul Khan and Azim Khan; and at first the new amir was quietly recognized.
But after a few months Afzul Khan raised an insurrection in the northern province, between the Hindu Kush mountains and the Oxus River, where he had been governing when his father died; and then began a fierce contest for power among the sons of Dost Mahomed, which lasted for nearly five years.
In 1885, at the moment when the amir was in conference with the British viceroy, Lord Dufferin, in India, the news came of a collision between Russian and Afghan troops at Panjdeh, over a disputed point in the demarcation of the north-western frontier of Afghanistan.
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 DOST MAHOMMED KHAN - LoveToKnow Article on DOST MAHOMMED KHAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Shah Shuja was proclaimed amir, and entered Kabul on the 7th of Augu.st, while Dost Mahommed sought refuge in the wilds of the Hindu Kush.
Closely followed by the British, Dost was driven to extremities, and on the 4th of November 1840 surrendered as a prisoner.
the 30th of March 1855 Dost Mahommed reversed his former policy by concluding an offensive and defensive alliance with the British government.
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 DOST MAHOMMED KHAN (1793-1863) - Online Information article about DOST MAHOMMED KHAN (1793-1863)
KHAN (from the Turki, hence Persian and Arabic Khan)
On the 3oth of March 1855 Dost Mahommed reversed his former policy by concluding an offensive and defensive alliance with the British government.
Mutiny Dost Mahommed punctiliously refrained from assisting the insurgents.
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 Abdur Rahman Khan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
1844 – October 1, 1901), amir of Afghanistan, was the son of, who was the eldest son of Dost Mahommed Khan, who had established the 's family dynasty in Afghanistan.
Before his death at Herat, on June 9 1863, Dost Mahomed had nominated as his successor Shir Ali, his third son, passing over the two elder brothers, Afzul Khan and Azim Khan.
In 1896 he adopted the title of Tia-ul-hlillat-ud Din (Light of the nation and religion); and his zeal for the cause of Islam induced him to publish treatises on Jihad.
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 BHOPAL - LoveToKnow Article on BHOPAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The general inclination of the country is towards the north, in which direction most of the streams of the state flow, while others, passing through the Vindhya ranges, flow to the Nerbudda.
Bhopal state was founded in 1723 by Dost Mahommed Khan, an Afghan adventurer.
In 1778, when General Thomas Goddard made his bold march across India, the state of Bhopal was the only Indian power that showed itself friendly; and in 1809 when another British expedition under General Close appeared in the same parts, the nawab of Bhopal petitioned earnestly but in vain to be received under British protection.
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 Dost Mahommed Khan - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Dost Mahommed Khan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Dost Mahommed Khan - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Dost Mahommed Khan.
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 DURRANI EMPIRE FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Although it had been through the support of the Muhammadzai chief, Painda_Khan, that he had come to the throne, Zaman soon began to remove prominent Muhammadzai leaders from positions of power and replacing them with men of his own lineage, the Sadozai.
Revenge would later be sought and obtained by Fateh Khan's youngest brother, Dost_Mahommed_Khan.
From 1818 until Dost Mohammad's ascendancy in 1826, chaos reigned in the domains of Ahmad Shah Durrani's empire as various sons of Painda_Khan struggled for supremacy.
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 A Selection of Historical Maps of Afghanistan (G&M Reading Room, Library of Congress)
Khushhal Khan Khattak, a famous Afghan warrior poet, led a rebellion against the Mughul Dynasty in the 1600s.
On November 12, 1893, Abdur Rahman Khan, and the Foreign Secretary of the Colonial Government of India, Sir Mortimer Durand, agreed to mark the boundary between Afghanistan and British India.
It was a cause of dispute between the governments of Afghanistan and British India and later between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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 Encyclopedia: Alexander Burnes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The first edition earned the author £800, and his services were recognized not only by the Royal Geographical Society of London, but also by that of Paris.
Soon after his return to India in 1835 he was appointed to the court of Sind to secure a treaty for the navigation of the Indus; and in 1836 he undertook a political mission to Dost Mahommed Khan at Kabul.
He advised Lord Auckland to support Dost Mahommed on the throne of Kabul, but the viceroy preferred to follow the opinion of Sir William Hay Macnaghten and reinstated Shah Shuja, thus leading up to the disasters of the First Afghan War.
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 KANDAHAR - Online Information article about KANDAHAR
Khan, 300 m.; by the Bori valley to Dera See also:
vizier, and whose nephews, Dost Mahommed Khan and Kohn dil Khan, he placed respectively in the governments of Kabul and Kandahar.
Fateh Khan was barbarously murdered by Kamran (Mahmud's son) near Ghazni in 1818; and in See also:
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 DOST   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Search the DOST Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
Search the DOST Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
Find graves of people named DOST at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
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 SHAH SHUJA - LoveToKnow Article on SHAH SHUJA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He was, however, in his turn driven out of Afghanistan in 1809 by Mahmud Shah, and found refuge and a pension in British territory.
Distrusting the attitude of the Amir Dost Mahommed towards Russia, Lord Auckland in 1839 attempted to restore Shah Shuja to the throne against the wishes of the Afghan people.
He left this retreat on the 5th of April 1842, and was immediately killed by the adherents of Dost Mahommed and his son Akbar Khan.
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 Abdur Rahman Khan - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Abdur Rahman Khan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Abdur Rahman Khan - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Abdur Rahman Khan.
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1844 – October 1, 1901), amir of Afghanistan, was the son of Afzul Khan, who was the eldest son of Dost Mahommed Khan, who had established the Barakzai's family dynasty in Afghanistan.
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 KANDAHAR - Encyclopedia Britannica - KANDAHAR - JCSM's Study Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni took it in the iith century from the Afghans who then held it.
This prince was deposed by his half-brother Mahmud, who was in his turn deposed by Shah Shuja, the full brother of Zaman Shah.
Fateh Khan was barbarously murdered by Kamran (Mahmud's son) near Ghazni in 1818; and in retaliation Mahmud himself was driven from power, and the Barakzai clan secured the sovereignty of Afghanistan.
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 The Durrani Empire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Although it had been through the support of the Muhammadzai chief, Painda Khan, that he had come to the throne, Zeman soon began to remove prominent Muhammadzai leaders from positions of power and replacing them with men of his own lineage, the Sadozai.
Painda Khan's son fled to Iran and pledged the substantial support of his Muhammadzai followers to a rival claimant to the throne, Zeman's older brother, Mahmud Shah.
The clans of the chiefs Zeman had executed joined forces with the rebels, and they took Kandahar without bloodshed.
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 Find in a Library: Surrender of Dost Mahommed Khan to Sir William Hay Macnaghten Bart, at the entrance into Caubul ...
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Surrender of Dost Mahommed Khan to Sir William Hay Macnaghten Bart, at the entrance into Caubul [sic] from Killa-Kazee
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 Articles - List of state leaders in 1834   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Afghanistan - Dost Mahommed Khan, Emir of Afghanistan (1826-1839)
Bukhara - Nasr Allah Bahadur Khan, Emir of Bukhara (1826-1860)
Khorazm - Allah Quli Bahadur Khan, Khan of Khorazm (1825-1842)
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 Articles - George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Lord Auckland decided on war, and on October 1, 1838 in Simla published a manifesto dethroning Dost Mahommed Khan.
After successful early operations he received promotion to the new title of Earl of Auckland.
However the Afghan campaign ultimately ended in disaster (see Dost Mohammad and the British in Afghanistan for details of the first Anglo-Afghan war).
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