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Mohammad Azam Khan
Emir of Afghanistan from 1867 to 1868 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mohammad Azam Khan (1820-1870; Dari/Pashto: محمد عظم خان) was briefly the Emir of Afghanistan, from October 7, 1867, to August 21, 1868.[1][2][3] He was born in 1820 and was the fifth son of Dost Mohammed Khan. He was an ethnic Pashtun and belonged to the Barakzai tribe.[1] Azam Khan succeeded his brother Mohammad Afzal Khan after the latter's death from cholera on October 7, 1867.[4] Sher Ali Khan was reinstated as Amir of Afghanistan and his forces captured Kabul on August 21, 1868.[1] Sher Ali himself entered Kabul on September 8, 1868.[3][2] Mohammad Azam Khan fled to Sistan and then to Iran, where he died in 1870.[1]
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See also
- List of leaders of Afghanistan
References
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