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Amir Abdur Rahman Khan is one of the greatest men now living.
Abdur Rahman Khan officially became Emir at the Durbar on 22 July A history of family rivalry climaxed into a seizure of Herat by a relative, Ayub Khan..
Abdur Rahman Khan
Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901
For other people named Abdur Rahman Khan, see Abdur Rahman Khan (disambiguation).
Abdur Rahman KhanGCSI (Pashto/Dari: عبدالرحمن خان) (between 1840 and 1844 – 1 October 1901) also known by his epithet, The Iron Amir,[1] was Amir of Afghanistan from 1880 to his death in 1901.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5] He became known as The Iron Amir because his government was a military despotism.
This despotism rested upon a well-appointed army and was administered through officials s