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	Dost Mohammad Khan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was defeated by Dost Mohammad under the walls of Kandahar, but Ranjit Singh seized the opportunity to annex Peshawar.
		Dost Mohammad 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 Mohammad sought refuge in the wilds of the Hindu Kush.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dost_Mahommed_Khan (723 words)

	Amir Dost Mohammad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Dost Mohammad took control of Kabul in 1826 and had no sooner proclaimed himself Amir of Afghanistan in 1835 when the Sikhs began to expand their claim to the Peshawar area.
		Dost Mohammad had come to the Afghan throne at the time of the two great empires were expanding: The Russians to the south and the British in India to the north.
		Dost Mohammad's Afghanistan was caught in the great powers' struggle in the 19th century (also known as THE GREAT GAME by Rudyard Kipling) which eventually became a buffer state between them.
	www.afghan-network.net /Rulers/dost_mohammad.html (278 words)

	European influence in Afghanistan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dost Mohammad achieved prominence among his brothers through clever use of the support of his mother's Qizilbash tribesmen and his own youthful apprenticeship under his brother, Fateh Khan.
		The British demanded that Dost Mohammad sever all contact with the Iranians and Russians, remove Vitkevich from Kabul, surrender all claims to Peshawar, and respect Peshawar's independence as well as that of Kandahar, which was under the control of his brothers at the time.
		Dost Mohammad fled with his loyal followers across the passes to Bamian, and ultimately to Bukhara.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Second_Anglo-Afghan_War (4323 words)

	History of Afghanistan
		Although the British had begun to show interest in Afghanistan as early as 1809 with their agreement with Shuja, it was not until the reign of Dost Mohammad, the first of the Muhammadzai rulers, that the opening gambits were played in what came to be known as the Great Game.
		Dost Mohammad achieved predominance among his ambitious brothers through clever use of the support of his mother’s Qizilbash tribesmen and his own youthful apprenticeship under his brother, Fateh Khan.
		In 1836 Dost Mohammad’s forces, under the command of his son, defeated the Sikhs at Jamrud, a post some 15 kilometers west of Peshawar.
	www.afghanan.net /afghanistan/dostmohammad.htm (796 words)

	Afghanistan the Great Game- the Rise of Dost Mohammad
		Dost Mohammad achieved prominence among his brothers through clever use ofthe support of his mother's Qizilbash tribesmen and his own youthfulapprenticeship under his brother, Fateh Khan.
		In 1834 Dost Mohammad defeated an invasion by the former ruler, Shah Shuja,but his absence from Kabul gave the Sikhs the opportunity to expand westward.Ranjit Singh's forces occupied Peshawar, moving from there into territory ruleddirectly by Kabul.
		The British demanded that Dost Mohammad sever all contact with the Iraniansand Russians, remove Vitkevich from Kabul, surrender all claims to Peshawar, andrespect Peshawar's independence as well as that of Qandahar, which was under thecontrol of his brothers at the time.
	www.country-studies.com /afghanistan/the-great-game--the-rise-of-dost-mohammad.html (705 words)

	Balochistan People's Party English Version (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Dost Mohammad moved his camels and workers to the north of Western Australia where the couple had settled, and bought a sheep station near Port Hedland.
		Dost Mohammad, thanks to his physical abilities (he was a strong man), broke the arm of one of the brothers.
		Dost Mohammad suspected that the brothers wanted to harm him and he spoke to his fellow countrymen in the camel camp, of his fear that he was in danger.
	www.ostomaan.org /200509/BalochInAustralia.htm (4066 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Dost Mohammad was one of a number of sons of Payenda Khan, head of the Barakzay clan.
		Dost Mohammad emerged as its most powerful member, and he ascended the throne in 1826.
		The British, feeling that Dost Mohammad was either hostile to them or unable to resist Russian penetration, moved to take a direct role in Afghan affairs.
	www.sabawoon.com /afghanpedia/Personalities.DostMohammadKhan.shtm (331 words)

	Afghanland.com Afghanistan Great Game
		By Afghanland.com: It was not until 1826 that the energetic Dost Mohammad was able to exert sufficient control over his brothers to take over the throne in Kabul, where he proclaimed himself amir.
		In 1836 Dost Mohammad's forces, under the command of his son Akbar Khan, defeated the Sikhs at Jamrud, a post fifteen kilometers west of Peshawar.
		The British demanded that Dost Mohammad sever all contact with the Iranians and Russians, remove Vitkevich from Kabul, surrender all claims to Peshawar, and respect Peshawar's independence as well as that of Qandahar, which was under the control of his brothers at the time.
	afghanland.com /history/greatgame.html (765 words)

	Sardar Hari Singh Nalwa
		Then in 1822, Dost Mohammad Khan and Yar Mohammad Khan were able to expel the Maharaja's nominee Jahan Dad Khan from Peshawar and thus another expedition was undertaken by Sikh forces.
		Dost Mohammad Khan managed to reconcile by paying a handsome nazrana to Maharaja and by accepting the submission to Khalsa kingdom rather than to kingdom of Kabul.
		Dost Mohammad Khan did not rest contented and after mobilizing all his resources dispatched his son Akbar in CE 1837 to recover Peshawar which he did.
	www.sikhpoint.com /religion/sikhcommunity/harisinghnalwa.htm (2798 words)

	Afghanistan's Web Site -@ Afghanistan History
		1836 Dost Mohammad Khan is proclaimed as Amir al-mu' minin (commander of the faithful).
		Mohammad Akbar Khan was a major player in the defeat of the British army in the first Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842).
		Mohammad Akbar was very ambitous and wanted to regain all the land that was lost by the Afghans, and rebuild another great empire, similar to Ahmad Shah Abdali's.
	www.afghanistans.com /Information/History/Default.htm (2369 words)

	[ Afghan Elections 2004-2005 ]
		British forces invade Afghanistan, ousting Dost Mohammad and installing as ruler in Kabul the former Saduza'i monarch, with disastrous consequences as the puppet ruler along with the entire British army is killed by the Afghans.
		After Mohammad Daud, a new era is ushered in, known as the "Decade of Democracy," along with the proclamation of a constitutional monarchy.
		He was succeeded by Mohammad Karim Khalili, while a splinter group of the same name is under the leadership of Mohammad Akbari.
	www.azadiradio.org /en/specials/elections/historical-chronology.asp (2041 words)

	Gateway to Sikhism: Sikh Martyrs:Sardar Hari Singh Nalua
		Then in 1822, Dost Mohammad Khan and Yar Mohammad Khan were able to expel the Maharaja's nominee Jahan Dad Khan from Peshawar and thus another expedition was undertook by Punjabi forces.
		Dost Mohammad Khan managed to reconcile by paying a handsome nazrana to Maharja and by accepting the submission to Khalsa kingdom rather than to kingdom of Kabul.
		Dost Mohammad Khan did not rest contented and after mobilizing all his resources dispatched his son Akbar in A.D. 1837 to recover Peshawar which he did.
	www.allaboutsikhs.com /martyrs/hsnalua.htm (2626 words)

	Afghanistan - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The reign of the Durrani line ended in 1818, and no predominant ruler emerged until Dost Muhammad became emir in 1826.
		Dost Muhammad was at first deposed but, after an Afghan revolt in Kabul, was restored.
		The country was devastated by the Afghanistan War (1979-89), which took an enormous human and economic toll.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/A/Afghanis.asp (3483 words)

	The First Afghan War, 1839-1842 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In July, after a two-month delay in Qandahar, the British attacked the fortress of Ghazni, overlooking a plain that leads to India, and achieved a decisive victory over the troops of Dost Mohammad, which were led by one of his sons.
		Dost Mohammad escaped from prison in Bukhara and returned to Afghanistan to lead his followers against the British and their Afghan protege.
		By October 1841 disaffected Afghan tribes were flocking to the support of Dost Mohammad's son, Muhammad Akbar, in Bamian.
	www.indhistory.com /afghan-war-1.html (707 words)

	Great Sikh warriors at www.sikh-history.com
		Shahi darbar was held and Yar Mohammad was appointed the Governor of Peshawar as he promised to pay a revenue of one lakh and ten thousand rupees to the Maharaja.
		Dost Mohammad Khan wrested the masnad at Kabul.
		The Bukhara chief annexed Balakh, Herat was occupied by Kamran, the dethroned son of Shah Mohammad.
	www.sikh-history.com /sikhhist/warriors/ranjit7.html (2377 words)

	"Herat Question" How Herat Separated from Iran - (CAIS) ©
		In the face of Kâmrân's intransigence, two of 'Abbâs Mirzâ's senior sons, Mohammad Mirzâ and Khosrow Mirzâ, accompanied by the crown prince's capable minister, Mirzâ Abu'l-Qâsem Qâ'em-maqâm Farahâni, were instructed to lay siege to the seemingly penetrable Herat.
		However, news of 'Abbâs's death in Mašhad in November 1833 compelled Mohammad Mirzâ to lift the siege and return to the capital, where he was installed as the new crown prince.
		The failure of the Herat campaign and its aftermath discredited Mohammad Shah and further exposed the Persian state to internal strife and diplomatic abuse.
	www.cais-soas.com /CAIS/History/herat_question.htm (4580 words)

	Afghan military tied to drug trade \| csmonitor.com
		Dost's case is worrisome nonetheless, in part because of his rank as a lieutenant in the Afghan military forces here.
		Now, Dost is likely to escape prosecution altogether, because of a jurisdiction dispute between the local government here and the regional military commander.
		Ali says that he never received Dost into custody, and in any case Dost is not one of his officers.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0904/p06s01-wosc.htm (1058 words)

	Afghanistan Country Study
		Fateh Khan's youngest brother, Dost Mohammad, whose mother had been a Qizilbash, persuaded his mother's tribesmen in Kabul to join him in removing all of the shah's followers from Kabul.
		For eight years, from 1818 until the ascendancy of Dost Mohammad in 1826, chaos reigned in the domains of Ahmad Shah's Afghanistan while various sons of Painda Khan struggled among themselves for supremacy.
		Dust Mohammad's agreement to these disadvantageous terms was not enough to placate Auckland, however, and when he refused to put the agreement in writing, Dust Mohammad turned away from the British and began to negotiate with the Russian agent.
	www.gl.iit.edu /govdocs/afghanistan/AhmedShahDurranni.html (4715 words)

	Cronological History of Afghanistan - the cradle of Gandharan civilisation
		Dost Mohammad Khan is proclaimed as Amir al-mu' minin (commander of the faithful).
		Sher Ali, Dost Mohammad Khan's son, succeeds to the throne.
		Mohammad Azam succeeds to the throne 1868--Mohammad Azam flees to Persia Sher Ali reasserts control (1868-1879).
	www.gandhara.com.au /afghan_table.html (2277 words)

	Afghanistan
		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.
		After months of chaos in Kabul, Mohammad Akbar secured local control and in April 1843 his father, Dost Mohammad, returned to the throne in Afghanistan.
		The king nominated a new prime minister, Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal, who quickly established friendly relations with the students, while making it clear that he was in charge and there were limits to student political activity.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/afghanistan/index.htm (18073 words)

	Afghanistan - Historical Setting
		Just as it was the arena of conflict between the Mughal Empire of India and the Safavi Empire of Iran in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries, Afghanistan in the nineteenth century lay between the expanding might of the Russian and British empires.
		It was in the context of this confrontation that Afghanistan in its contemporary form came into existence during the reigns of Dost Mohammad Khan and Amir Abdur Rahman Khan.
		After several attacks on the British and their Afghan protégé, Dost Mohammad decided to surrender to the British and in late 1840 was allowed to go into exile in India.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/afghanistan/cs-hist-setting.htm (3088 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Dost Mohammad Khan gained preeminence and founded the dynasty about 1837.
		Nader Khan, on his assassination in 1933, was succeeded by his son Zahir Shah, who reigned until July 17, 1973, when he was deposed and a republic was proclaimed.
		The Barakzay rulers, in chronological order, were Dost Mohammad Khan, Shir 'Ali Khan, Ya'qub Khan, 'Abdor Rahman Khan, Habibollah Khan, 'Amanollah Khan, Mohammad Nader Khan, and Mohammad Zahir Shah.
	www.sabawoon.com /afghanpedia/BarakzayDYNASTY.shtm (117 words)

	Afghanistan Country Study
		In 1854 the British were interested in resuming relations with Dost Mohammad, whom they had more or less ignored since 1842.
		Dost Mohammad agreed, apparently perceiving the utility of British backing against the Russians and even the Iranians, to whom the independent rulers of Herat always turned for support against re-absorption into the Afghan kingdom.
		A few months later Dost Mohammad died and, although his third son, Sher Ali, was his proclaimed successor, he did not succeed in taking Kabul from his brother, Muhammad Afzal (whose troops were led by his son, Abdur Rahman) until 1868.
	www.gl.iit.edu /govdocs/afghanistan/TheSecondAnglo-AfghanWar.html (1404 words)

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		Fortunately for the British, a traitor nephew of Dost Mohammad came into the British camp and informed them that the Kabul gate, a side gate into the fortress, was not heavily guarded.
		The small British column sent in pursuit of the Dost inadvertently used one of his supporters as a guide and were unable to catch up to the fleeing royal, allowing him to escape.
		Dost Mohammad's surrender as a victor enhanced his position in the eyes of the British, who merely exiled him to Ludhiana in the Punjab.
	sociologyesoscience.com /hroots5.html (3778 words)

	yourDictionary.com • Counterterrorism Glossaries
		Dost Mohammad retains control but becomes a British Ally.
		Mohammad Taraki is named Prime Minister and the country becomes the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
		However, uprisings led by Islamic radicals weakened the new regime and in 1979 the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in an attempt to rescue it.
	www.yourdictionary.com /library/chrono.html (367 words)

	Pakistan Times \| Top Story: Madaris registration made mandatory in Pakistan
		While Awam Dost group of PPP is on third position by clinching only 17 slots of nazim out of the total 92 Union Councils in the first phase of Local Bodies elections held here on Thursday last.
		In the Umerkot district, Faqir Dost panel won in 18 out of 27 UCs, while the remaining nine seats were equally divided among the Awam Dost panel, the Khushhal Pakistan panel and a local Jam group.
		In the Bahawalpur district, where the two groups, Bahawalpur Ittehad of Tariq Bashir Cheema and Sadiq Dost Group of Nawab Salahuddin Abbassi had locked horn even when the counting was on and unofficial results were being compiled by both the groups, also had the clear PML majority.
	pakistantimes.net /2005/08/20/top2.htm (2514 words)

	Lemar Aftaab (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Ahmad Shah Durrani's rearguard army commander known as Wali Mohammad Khan Jawansher was given one of the settlements in Kabul, the Chindawal District.
		Then, in the mid-1800s a distant cousin of Barakzai clan took power under Amir Dost Mohammad, born to a Qizilbash wife of Sardar Payanda, was not sympathetic to the Shias and exploited Sunni-Shia differences.
		Amir Dost Mohammad aligned the Sunnis and Qizilbash to the detriment of the Hazaras.
	www.khaledhosseini.com /press/20040601-lemar_aftaab.htm (2930 words)

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