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Wazir Akbar Khan

1816 - 1845

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Wazir Akbar Khān (1816–1847) also known as Mohammad Akbar Khān or Amīr Akbar Khān was a Barakzai prince and military commander who served as emir of Afghanistan from 1842 to 1843. He also served as vizier and heir apparent to his father, Emir Dost Mohammad Khan (r. 1826–1839, 1843–1863), until his death in 1847. Wazir Akbar Khan's fame began with the 1837 Battle of Jamrud. He was militarily active in the First Anglo-Afghan War, which lasted from 1839 to 1842. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wazir Akbar Khan is the 5,019th most popular politician (up from 11,919th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 90th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wazir Akbar Khan ranks 5,019 out of 19,576. Before him are García II of Galicia, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Piali Pasha, Rexhep Meidani, and Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Treniota, Emperor Ku, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Margaret of York, Kim Jae-ryong, and Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, Wazir Akbar Khan ranks 10. Before him are Arthur de Gobineau, Ferdinand II of Portugal, Eugène Edine Pottier, Maria Theresa of Austria, Abbas I of Egypt, and Paul Reuter. After him are Charles-Eugène Delaunay, Carl Ludwig, Franz Sacher, 10th Dalai Lama, Jean Cabanis, and William Gull. Among people deceased in 1845, Wazir Akbar Khan ranks 8. Before him are August Wilhelm Schlegel, Julie Clary, John Frederic Daniell, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Guadalupe Victoria, and Jean Charles Athanase Peltier. After him are Henrik Wergeland, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, Bernardino Rivadavia, Louis-Léopold Boilly, Isabella Colbran, and Simon Mayr.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Wazir Akbar Khan ranks 42 out of 177. Before him are Khalil Sultan (1384), Heracles of Macedon (-327), Khaled Hosseini (1965), Habibullāh Kalakāni (1890), Ibn al-Rawandi (827), and Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220). After him are Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji (1101), Nur Jahan (1577), Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925), Minhaj-i-Siraj (1193), Abu Sa'id Gardezi (1100), and Abdul Rashid Dostum (1954).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Wazir Akbar Khan ranks 31. Before 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). After him are Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (1925), Abdul Rashid Dostum (1954), Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947), Tahir ibn Husayn (776), Mahmud Shah Durrani (1769), and Mirwais Hotak (1673).

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