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Mohammad Afzal Khan

1811 - 1867

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Mohammad Afzal Khan (1815 – 7 October 1867; Dari/Pashto: محمد افضل خان) was the governor of Afghan Turkestan from 1849 to 1863 and Emir of Afghanistan from May 1866 to October 1867. The oldest son of Dost Mohammad Khan, Afzal Khan was born in Kabul in 1815. His father died on 9 June 1863 followed by a civil war among Dost Mohammad Khan's sons. In May 1866 he seized power from his brother Sher Ali Khan and captured Kabul. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mohammad Afzal Khan is the 12,999th most popular politician (down from 9,174th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 74th in 2019) and the 74th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mohammad Afzal Khan ranks 12,999 out of 19,576. Before him are Pedro Passos Coelho, Osorkon IV, Marino Zorzi, Robert Andersson, Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg, and Lyndon LaRouche. After him are Ranulf I of Aquitaine, Frank Carlucci, Alice Milliat, Hayder of Crimea, Juan Guaidó, and Shehu Shagari.

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Among people born in 1811, Mohammad Afzal Khan ranks 54. Before him are Prince Adalbert of Prussia, William Robert Grove, Carl Johan Thyselius, James Young Simpson, Johann Dzierzon, and Georg August Wallin. After him are James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, François Delsarte, Dimitrija Demeter, Johann Georg von Hahn, Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, and James Hall. Among people deceased in 1867, Mohammad Afzal Khan ranks 43. Before him are Ramón Castilla, Simon Sechter, Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán, Georgi Sava Rakovski, Santiago Derqui, and Benoît Fourneyron. After him are Alexander Petrov, Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, José Mariano Salas, Karl Georg Christian von Staudt, Artur Grottger, and Albert Auguste Perdonnet.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Mohammad Afzal Khan ranks 108 out of 177. Before him are Suhail Shaheen (null), Mohammed Fahim (1957), Afghan Girl (1972), Qabus (1000), Farrukhi Sistani (980), and Abdul Kabir (1958). After him are Zalmay Khalilzad (1951), Sima Samar (1957), Kamran Mirza (1512), Amrullah Saleh (1972), Karim Khalili (1950), and Vima Takto (100).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Mohammad Afzal Khan ranks 74. Before him are Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849), Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad (1139), Suhail Shaheen (null), Mohammed Fahim (1957), Qabus (1000), and Abdul Kabir (1958). After him are Zalmay Khalilzad (1951), Sima Samar (1957), Kamran Mirza (1512), Amrullah Saleh (1972), Karim Khalili (1950), and Vima Takto (100).

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