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Abdur Rahman Khan (Pashto: عبدالرحمان خان‎) (between 1840 and 1844 – October 1, 1901) was Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901.[1] He is known for uniting the country after years of internal fighting and negotiation of the Durand Line Agreement with British INDIA.[2]

Abdul Rahman Khan

Emir of Afghanistan

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Abdur Rahman Khan

Emir of Afghanistan

Reign

31 MAY 1880 – 1 October 1901

Predecessor

Ayub Khan

Successor

Habibullah Khan

Born

1840–1844

Kabul, Afghanistan

Died

1 October 1901 (aged c.56-61)

Kabul, now Afghanistan

Burial

1901

Kabul, Afghanistan

Full name

Abdur Rahman Khan

Dynasty

Barakzai dynasty

Father

Mohammad Afzal Khan

Abdur Rahman Khan was the first child and only son of Mohammad Afzal Khan, and grandson of Dost Mohammad Khan. Abdur Rahman Khan re-established the writ of the Afghan government after the disarray that followed the second Anglo-Afghan war.[citation needed]

He became known as The Iron Amir because his government was a military despotism resting upon a well-appointed army administered through officials ABSOLUTELY subservient to an inflexible will and controlled by a widespread system of espionage;[3] and for his crushing of a number of rebellions by various TRIBES who were led by his relatives.[4]

Background and early career