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Abdur Rahman Khan
Abdur Rahman Khan Barakzai, also known by his epithet as the Iron Emir, was Emir of Afghanistan from 11 August 1880 until his death on 1 October 1901. He is known for uniting the country after years of strong decentralization and internal fighting, and for the negotiation of the Durand Line agreement with British India.
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politics · Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901 · politician · Amir · also Abdur Rahman Khan, Abdur-Rahman, Amir 'Abd al-Rahman Khan, Khan
Born 1840 · Died 1 October 1901 · Q31649
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1905· 1 entry
Amir Habibullah Khan signed a new agreement with the United Kingdom which confirmed the legality of the Durand Line
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1901· 1 entry
Died 1901-10-01.
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1896· 1 entry
Adopted the title of Zia-ul-Millat-Wa-ud Din ("Light of the nation and religion"), and his zeal for the cause of Islam induced him to publish treatises on jihad
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1893· 2 entries
Mortimer Durand was deputed to Kabul by the government of British India for this purpose of settling an exchange of territory required by the demarcation of the boundary between northeastern Afghanistan and the Russian p
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Mortimer Durand negotiated with Abdur Rahman Khan the Durand Line Treaty for the demarcation of the frontier between Afghanistan, the FATA, North-West Frontier Province and Baluchistan, now provinces of Pakistan as a suc
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1889· 1 entry
Of an Afghan mother, namely Bibi Halima, was part of the Barakzai family
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1887· 1 entry
And 1883 from Badakhshan who fled from the campaigns of Abdur Rahman
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1885· 2 entries
At the moment when the Amir was in conference with the British viceroy, Lord Dufferin, in India, the news came of a skirmish between Russian and Afghan troops at Panjdeh, over a disputed point in the demarcation of the n
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Which served more as an advice guide for princes than anything else
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1881· 1 entry
The British troops also handed over Kandahar to the new Amir
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1880· 1 entry
Career landmark: Emir of Afghanistan (1880–1901).
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1840· 1 entry
Born 1840.
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