Mohammad Azam Khan

Not to be confused with Muhammad Azam Khan (disambiguation).

Mohammad Azam Khan محمد عظم خان
Emir of Afghanistan
Sketch work of Mohammad Azam Khan
Emir of Afghanistan
Reign	7 October 1867– 21 August 1868
Predecessor	Mohammad Afzal Khan
Successor	Sher Ali Khan
Born	1820
Died	1870 Qajar Iran
Burial	Bastam, Iran
Names Mohammad Azam Khan
Dynasty	Barakzai dynasty
Father	Dost Mohammed Khan
Mother	a daughter of Mullah Sadiq Ali

Mohammad Azam Khan (1820-1870; Persian/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]

See also

• List of leaders of Afghanistan

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 978-1789140101.
4. Hamid. "Afghanistan Monarchs". afghanistantourism.net. Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-07-13.

Regnal titles
Preceded by Mohammad Afzal Khan	Barakzai dynasty Emir of Afghanistan 7 October 1867– 21 February 1868	Succeeded by Sher Ali Khan