# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mohammad-afzal-khan
# Generated: 2026-09-06T10:33:21.023Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mohammad-afzal-khan"
name: "Mohammad Afzal Khan"
slug: "mohammad-afzal-khan"
description: "Mohammad Afzal Khan Barakzai was the governor of Afghan Turkestan from 1849 to 1863 and was Emir of Afghanistan from May 1866 to October 1867. The oldest son of Dost Mohammad Khan, Afzal Khan was born in Kabul in 1815. His father died on 9 June 1863 followed by a civil war among Dost Mohammad Khan's sons. In May 1866 he seized power from his brother Sher Ali Khan and captured Kabul. A year later he contracted cholera and died on 7 October 1867. Following Afzal Khan's death, Mohammad Azam Khan was proclaimed Amir of Afghanistan. He was an ethnic Pashtun and belonged to the Barakzai tribe."
tagline: "Emir of Afghanistan from 1866 to 1867"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Amir-Muhammad-Afzal-Khan.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1811"
deathDate: "1867-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.82
  momentum:             2.043596730245232
  historical:           17.59183333333334
  currentAttention:     11.35331516802907
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump