Dost Mohammad Khan, emir of Afghanistan (died 1863)

Dost Mohammad Khan

Emir of Afghanistan (r. 1826–39 and 1843–63)

Dost Mohammad Khan Barakzai, nicknamed the Amir-i Kabir, was the founder of the Barakzai dynasty and one of the prominent rulers of Afghanistan during the First Anglo-Afghan War. With the decline of the Durrani dynasty, he became the Emir of Afghanistan in 1826. An ethnic…