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Abd ar-Rahman Khan
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Abd ar-Rahman Khan (äb'där-rämän` kän, khän), 1844?–1901, emir of Afghanistan (1880–1901); grandson of Dost Muhammad. He opposed his uncle, Sher Ali Sher Ali or Shere Ali , 1825–79, emir of Afghanistan (1863–79), son of Dost Muhammad. His succession was opposed by other members of his family, notably his brothers.
..... Click the link for more information. , and was forced into exile in 1869. He was, however, recognized by the British as emir in 1880, and he supported British interests as, for example, against Russia.
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Henry Walter Bellew wrote A Grammar of the Pooshtoo Language'in 1854 However the credit for comprehending the most of the comprehensive works on Pashto goes to Henry George Raverty who was a military lieutenant of the Bombay Army when he was serving in Bombay army he had the chance to be taught by Qazi Abdur Rahman Khan Muhammadzai - translator of Old Testament from Hebrew and John Bunyan's 'Pilgrim's Progress' into Pashto among other notable literary works.
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Abdur Rahman Khan, nicknamed The Iron Amir, ruled from 1880 to 1901 through torture and killing - even forcing rivals to eat each other.
ROYAL ELECTION BID; AFGHANISTAN by The Mirror (London, England)
Abdur Rahman Khan, nicknamed The Iron Amir, ruled by torture and killing from 1880-1901, even forcing rivals to eat each other.
TYRANT'S DESCENDANT IN BID TO BE PRESIDENT by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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