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| | Emir Abdurrahman Khan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | 1844-1901), was the son of Afzul Khan, who was the eldest son of Dost Mohammad Khan, the famous amir, by whose success in war the Barakzai family established their dynasty in the rulership of Afghanistan. |
 | | Before his death at Herat, 9th June 1863, Dost Mohammad 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. |
 | | 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. |
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