Abdur Rahman Khan, Amir of Afghanistan

• Afghanistan Succession Genealogy
• Abdur Rahman Khan, Amir of Afghanistan
• ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Khān, AMĪR OF AFGHANISTAN
• Abdur Rahman Khan, Amir of Afghanistan

Abdur Rahman Khan (Pashto: عبد رحمان خان‎) (between 1830 to 1844 – October 1, 1901) was Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901. He was the third son of Mohammad Afzal Khan, and grandson of Dost Mohammad Khan.

Abdur Rahman Khan was considered a strong ruler who re-established the writ of the Afghan government after the disarray that followed the second Anglo-Afghan war. He became known as The Iron Amir after defeating a number of rebellions by various tribes who were led by his relatives. . . . Continued

Honours

• • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India (GCSI) – 1885
• • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB)- 1893

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Pashtun colonization of northern Afghanistan

Pashtun clue to lost tribes of Israel

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