Dost Mohammad Chan
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| Emir Afganistanu | ||
| Okres | od 1818 do sierpień 1839 | |
| Poprzednik | Ajub Szah Durrani | |
| Następca | Szuja Szah Durrani | |
| Emir Afganistanu | ||
| Okres | od grudzień 1842 do 9 czerwca 1863 | |
| Poprzednik | Szuja Szah Durrani | |
| Następca | Szer Ali Chan | |
| Dane biograficzne | ||
| Dynastia | Barakzai | |
| Data i miejsce urodzenia | 23 grudnia 1793 Kandahar | |
| Data i miejsce śmierci | 9 czerwca 1863 Herat | |
| Ojciec | Sarfraz Payinda Khan | |
| Matka | Zainab Begum | |
Dost Mohammad Chan (pers./pasztu دوست محمد خان) (ur. 23 grudnia 1793, zm. 9 czerwca 1863) był założycielem rządzącej w Afganistanie dynastii Barakzai.
Jego starszy brat, przywódca Barakzai Fatteh Chan, miał duży udział w podniesieniu Mahmuda Szaha do rangi zwierzchnika Afganistanu w roku 1800 i przywróceniu go na tron w roku 1809. Mahmud „spłacił” usługi Fatteha Chana mordując go w 1818, przez co naraził się na wrogość jego plemienia.
Po krwawym konflikcie Mahmud został pozbawiony wszystkich posiadłości, ale Herat (reszta jego dominiów) został podzielony pośród wszystkich braci Fatteha Chana. Dost Mohammad otrzymał Ghazni, do którego w 1826 dodał Kabul, najbogatszą z afgańskich prowincji.
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Dost Mahommed, King of Caubul, and his youngest son
This is lithograph is taken from plate 2 of 'Afghaunistan' by Lieutenant James Rattray.
Rattray was in the Bengal Army and took part in the first Afghan War, from 1839 to 1842. This conflict saw Dost Mohammed deposed as Emir of Afghanistan. Rattray was granted an audience with the Emir in Peshawar in January 1841. At this time, Dost Mohammed was a prisoner of state and on his way to exile in Calcutta.
Rattray was struck by the Emir's deep voice, open manner and intelligent countenance, and by his followers with their finely chiselled features and tall, handsome figures. The young boy with his head shaven in the manner "peculiar to the rosy-cheeked children of Caubul" was the Emir's son from his youngest wife. Rattray wrote that since Dost Mohammed had been "a ruler just and merciful and attentive to affairs of state ... the population of Peshawur considered him to be most unjustly treated by us." The decorations of this apartment were a facsimile of the Emir's former audience hall in the citadel of Ghazni.01. Amir Dost Mohammed Khan Dost Mohammed Khan (1793-1863), a member of the Barakzai dynasty, was Amir of Afghanistan from 1826 to 1839. His country’s position between the Russian Empire and India meant that the British East India Company was anxious to ensure that a pro-British Amir was on the throne at Kabul. Fearful of a Russian invasion of India via Afghanistan, in 1837 the British sent an envoy to Kabul to gain his support. Dost Mohammed was in favour of an alliance, but when the British refused to help him regain Peshawar, which the Sikhs had seized in 1834, he prepared to talk to the Russians, who sent an envoy to Kabul. This led Lord Auckland, the Governor-General of India, to conclude that Dost Mohammed was anti-British. The decision was taken to replace him as Amir with a former ruler, Shah Shujah.
In March 1839 a British force advanced through the Bolan Pass, and on 26 April reached Kandahar. Shah Shujah was proclaimed ruler, and entered Kabul on 7 August, while Dost Mohammed sought refuge in the Hindu Kush. The British eventually caught him on 4 November 1840. He remained in captivity during their occupation and the disastrous retreat from Kabul in January 1842. Following the British recapture of Kabul in the autumn of 1842, Dost Mohammed was restored to the throne, the unpopular Shah Shujah having been murdered. The Company decided that occupying the country would cost too much in men and money and withdrew. Dost Mohammed reigned until his death in 1863. With some exceptions, his relationship with British India was friendly, and from 1855 regulated by treaty. (NAM 1964-08-44)
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