Emir of Afghanistan and hero of the Anglo-Afghan War
For the neighborhood in Kabul named after him, see Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul.
For other people named Akbar Khan, see Akbar Khan (disambiguation).
Wazir Akbar Khan وزير اکبر خان
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A drawing of Akbar Khan by Vincent Eyre
Emir of Afghanistan
Reign
May 1842 – 1843
Predecessor
Shuja Shah Durrani
Successor
Dost Mohammad Khan
Born
1816 Mazar-i-Sharif, Durrani Empire
Died
September 1847 (30—31) Jalalabad, Emirate of Afghanistan
Burial
Blue Mosque, Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
House
Barakzai dynasty
Father
Dost Mohammad Barakzai
Mother
Mermən Khadija Popalzai
Religion
Sunni Islam
Military career
Battles/wars
Standoff at the Khyber Pass (1834–1835) Battle of Jamrud Kabul Expedition (1842) 1842 retreat from Kabul Battle of Gandamak Dost Mohammad's Campaign to Jalalabad (1834)
Wazīr Akbar Khān (Pashto/Dari: وزير اکبر خان; 1816[citation needed]–1847), born Mohammad Akbar Khān (محمد اکبر خان) and also known as Amīr Akbar Khān (امير اکبر خان), was a Barakzai prince, general, emir for a year, and finally wazir/heir apparent to Dost Mohammad Khan until his death in 1847. His fame began with the 1837 Battle of Jamrud, while attempting to regain Afghanistan's second capital Peshawar from the Sikh Empire.[1][2]
Wazir Akbar Khan was militarily active in the First Anglo-Afghan War, which lasted from 1839 to 1842. He is prominent for his leadership of the national party in Kabul from 1841 to 1842, and his massacre of Elphinstone's army at the Gandamak pass before the only survivor, the assistant surgeon William Brydon, reached the besieged garrison at Jalalabad on 13 January 1842. Wazir Akbar Khan became the emir of Afghanistan in May 1842, and ruled until Dost Mohammad Khan's return in 1843. In 1847 Wazir Akbar Khan died of cholera.[3]
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^Lee, Jonathan L. (2019-01-15). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-78914-010-1.
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