# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dost-mohammad-khan
# Generated: 2026-09-06T09:41:05.306Z

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name: "Dost Mohammad Khan"
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description: "He founded a dynasty, held power for 36 years, and reunited Afghanistan's fractured principalities after the Durrani collapse — a span of control that wouldn't be matched for over a century."
tagline: "First Emir of Afghanistan (1823-1863)"
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birthDate: "1793-12-23"
deathDate: "1863-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Dost Mohammad Khan Barakzai was born in 1792, the 11th son of a Pashtun chief killed by the king eight years later. When the Durrani dynasty crumbled, he succeeded his brother as Emir of Afghanistan in 1826. Early losses stung: in 1823, before his rule began, Afghan forces led by his half-brother were routed at Nowshera, and Peshawar fell to Ranjit Singh's Sikh army. A strategist who fought without mercy from youth, Dost spent three decades clawing back territory. By the time he died in 1863, he had done what nearly every predecessor since Ahmad Shah Durrani had failed to do: bind Kabul, Kandahar, and Herat into a single state. His 36-year reign stood unmatched until Mohammad Zahir Shah, more than a century on.