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Abdur Rahman Khan

1844 - 1901

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Abdur Rahman Khan (Pashto: عبدالرحمن خان) (between 1840 and 1844 – 1 October 1901) also known by his epithet, The Iron Amir, was Amir of Afghanistan from 1880 to his death in 1901. He is known for perpetrating the Hazara genocide, but also uniting the country after years of internal fighting and negotiation of the Durand Line Agreement with British India. Abdur Rahman Khan was the only son of Mohammad Afzal Khan, and grandson of Dost Mohammad Khan, founder of the Barakzai dynasty. Abdur Rahman Khan re-established the writ of the Afghan government after the disarray that followed the second Anglo-Afghan war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdur Rahman Khan is the 3,939th most popular politician (down from 3,865th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 32nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Afghan Politician.

Abdur Rahman Khan was the Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901. He is most famous for his conquest of the Durrani Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdur Rahman Khan ranks 3,939 out of 19,576. Before him are Dayan Khan, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Sigeric, Sher Shah Suri, Mieszko II Lambert, and Nikolai Ryzhkov. After him are Joseph Wirth, Qi of Xia, Emperor Keikō, Guo Jia, Robert III of Worms, and William III of Sicily.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Abdur Rahman Khan ranks 25. Before him are Pablo de Sarasate, `Abdu'l-Bahá, Ismail Qemali, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Muhammad Ahmad, and Charles-Marie Widor. After him are Julius Wellhausen, Adolf Engler, Charles-Émile Reynaud, Friedrich Miescher, Sophia Tolstaya, and Henry J. Heinz. Among people deceased in 1901, Abdur Rahman Khan ranks 17. Before him are George Francis FitzGerald, Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Li Hongzhang, Charles Hermite, Milan I of Serbia, and Fukuzawa Yukichi. After him are Peter Tait, Adolf Eugen Fick, Gaetano Bresci, Francesco Crispi, Elisha Gray, and Josef Rheinberger.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Abdur Rahman Khan ranks 33 out of 177. Before him are Humayun (1508), Moinuddin Chishti (1142), Abu Maʿshar (787), Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (1450), Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917), and Ibrahim ibn Adham (718). After him are Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438), Shah Shujah Durrani (1785), Khalil Sultan (1384), Heracles of Macedon (-327), Khaled Hosseini (1965), and Habibullāh Kalakāni (1890).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Abdur Rahman Khan ranks 24. Before him are Hibatullah Akhundzada (1961), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Hafizullah Amin (1929), Humayun (1508), Moinuddin Chishti (1142), and Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917). After him are Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438), Shah Shujah Durrani (1785), Khalil Sultan (1384), Heracles of Macedon (-327), Habibullāh Kalakāni (1890), and Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220).

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