Mazar-i-Sharif Province is a defunct province of Afghanistan, which in 1964 was divided into Balkh Province and Jowzjan Province. The former province's capital was Mazar-i-Sharif.[1]
| Mazar-i-Sharif Province | |||||||||
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| Province of Afghanistan | |||||||||
| 19th century–1964 | |||||||||
| Capital | Mazar-i-Sharif | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| • Type | Province | ||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||
• 1929 | Khwajah Mir Alam | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 19th century | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1964 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Afghanistan | ||||||||
As of 1946, it had a population of 944,020.[1] In 1929, the province was governed by Khwajah Mir Alam, who had possibly been assigned the office in January 1929, during the events of the Afghan Civil War (1928–1929), when Habibullāh Kalakāni took control of Kabul.[2]
- ^ a b "Afghanistan Provinces". www.statoids.com. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ Muḥammad, Fayz̤; Hazārah, Fayz̤ Muḥammad Kātib (1999). Kabul Under Siege: Fayz Muhammad's Account of the 1929 Uprising. Markus Wiener Publishers. p. 128. ISBN 9781558761551.