List of governors of Herat

This is a list of the governors of the province of Herat, Afghanistan.[1]

Governors of Herat Province
Governor Period Extra Note
Mohammad Zaman Khan 1716
1721		 Father of Ahmad Shah Durrani, the founding father of Afghanistan
Mohammad Yaqub Khan 1863[2]
1874		 Son of Emir Sher Ali Khan
Mohammad Ayub Khan February 1879
September 1881[3]		 Son of Emir Sher Ali Khan,
brother of Mohammad Yaqub Khan
Nazir Muhammad Sarwar Khan 1882
1886		 Loyalist to Abdur Rahman Khan[4]
Kazi Saad-ud-Din Khan 1887
1914[5]		 Supporter of the ruling dynasty and the father of one of Amir Habibullah Khan's wives.[6][7]
Muhammad Sulaiman Khan 1915
1919		 Former Military Secretary to King Habibullah Khan 1914–1915
Abdur Rahim Khan September 1931

September 1934
Ismail Khan 1992
1997[8]		 Mujahideen commander and warlord during the civil war in Afghanistan
Mulla Yaar Mohammad 1997
2001		 Taliban
Ismail Khan 2001[8]
12 September 2004		 Appointed as Minist of Water and Energy
Sayed Mohammad Khairkhah September 2004[9]
June 2005		 Former Afghan Ambassador to Iran and Ukraine
Sayed Hussein Anwari June 2005[10][11]
23 January 2009		 Former Minister of Agriculture in the Transitional Administration
Ahmad Yussef Nuristani 18 January 2009
24 August 2010		 Resigned to run as Wolesi Jirga MP in the 2010 elections
Daud Shah Saba 3 September 2010
27 June 2013		 Former Human Development Advisor to the President of Afghanistan, 2005–2008,
Fazlullah Wahidi 3 July 2013
 ??		 Former Governor of eastern Kunar Province, November 2007-July 2013,
Mohammad Asif Rahimi 27 April 2015

11 Dec 2018

 Former Afghan Minister of Agriculture
Abdul Quayom Rahimi 23 January 2013
3 April 2020		 Former head of the Office of Public Support of the Office of Local Authorities and brother of Abdul Salam Rahimi is the current head of the office of Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan
Sayed Abdul Wahid Qatali[12] 3 April 2020[13]
14 June 2021
Abdul Sabur Qane 15 June 2021[14]
13 August 2021
Abdul Qayyum Rohani Sep 2021
26 October 2021[15]		 under Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Noor Mohammad Islamjar 26 October 2021
Present[16]		 under Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

See also

Notes
  1. Afghan Bio: Dr. Ahmad Yussef Nooristani
  2. McChesney, Robert; Khorrami, Mohammad Mehdi (2012-12-19). The History of Afghanistan (6 vol. set): Fayż Muḥammad Kātib Hazārah's Sirāj al-tawārīkh. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-23498-7.
  3. Clements, Frank (2003) "Ayub, Khan Muhammad (1857–1914)" Conflict in Afghanistan: a historical encyclopedia ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California, page 35, ISBN 1-85109-402-4
  4. Adamec, Ludwig (1975). Who's Who of Afghanistan (PDF). Austria. p. 229.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. Adamec, Ludwig (1975). Who's Who of Afghanistan (PDF). Austria. pp. 219–20.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. "Latest intelligence - Afghanistan". The Times. No. 36596. London. 26 October 1901. p. 7.
  7. "Latest intelligence - Russia and Afghanistan". The Times. No. 36805. London. 27 June 1902. p. 3.
  8. Clements, Frank (2003) "Isma'il Khan (1946– )" Conflict in Afghanistan: a historical encyclopedia ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California, pages 130-132, ISBN 1-85109-402-4
  9. Gall, Carlotta (September 2004) "Afghan Region's New Governor Says Violence Is Ended; Denounces Warlord" The New York Times
  10. Sirrs, Julie (November 2001) "What’s Next for Afghanistan?" Middle East Intelligence Bulletin 3(11):
  11. British Agencies Afghanistan Group (June 2005) Afghanistan: Monthly Review as cited at ""Research Response Number: AFG17479" Refugee Review Tribunal, United Nation Human Rights Council, 9 September 2005, page 3
  12. "Database".
  13. "Abdul Wahid Qatali Appointed as Governor of Herat Reporterly |".
  14. Shahed News
  15. "Afghan, Turkmenistan officials hold meeting".
  16. "د هرات ولايت نوي والي او مرستیال والي معرفي او دندې یې پيل کړې – الاماره پښتو".
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