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

Mohammad Azam Khan (1820-1870; Persian/Pashto: 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. 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 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]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ a b Hasan Kakar, Mohammad (2006). A Political and Diplomatic History of Afghanistan, 1863-1901. Brill Publishers. pp. 9–15. ISBN 9004151850.
  3. ^ a b 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 Barakzai dynasty
Emir of Afghanistan
7 October 1867– 21 February 1868 		Succeeded by