Mohammad Azam Khan

Mohammad Azam Khan (1820-1870; Persian: محمد عظم خان) was 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.[1] Azam Khan succeeded his brother Mohammad Afzal Khan after the latter's death 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] He was an ethnic Pashtun and belonged to the Barakzai tribe.

Not to be confused with Muhammad Azam Khan.
Mohammad Azam Khan
محمد عظم خان
Emir of Afghanistan
Sketch work of Mohammad Azam Khan
Emir of Afghanistan
Reign7 October 1867– 21 August 1868
PredecessorMohammad Afzal Khan
SuccessorSher Ali Khan
Born1820
Died1870
Qajar Iran
Burial
Bastam, Iran
Names
Mohammad Azam Khan
DynastyBarakzai dynasty
FatherDost Mohammed Khan
Mothera daughter of Mullah Sadiq Ali

See also

References
  1. McChesney, Robert; Khorrami, Mohammad Mehdi (2012-12-19). The History of Afghanistan: Fayż Muḥammad Kātib Hazārah's Sirāj al-tawārīkh. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-23498-7.
  2. Hasan Kakar, Mohammad (2006). A Political and Diplomatic History of Afghanistan, 1863-1901. Brill Publishers. pp. 9–15. ISBN 9004151850.
  3. Lee, Johnathan (2019). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. pp. 321–364. ISBN 1789140102.
  4. Hamid. "Afghanistan Monarchs". afghanistantourism.net. Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-07-13.
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