Sultan Mohammad Khan

Sultan Muhammad Khan Talaei
سلطان محمد خان
Emir of Afghanistan
Depiction of Sultan Mohammad Khan Talaei, c. 1865
Emir of Kabul
Reign1823–1826
PredecessorAyub Shah Durrani
SuccessorDost Mohammad Khan
Head of House of Barakzai
Born1795
Kandahar, Durrani Empire
Died1861
Kabul, Emirate of Afghanistan
Burial
Maranjan Hill, Kabul, Afghanistan[1]
Spouses
  • (first) a Hajjibashi lady
  • (second) a Popalzai lady
  • (third) a Qizilbashi lady
  • (fourth) a second Popalzai lady
  • (fifth) a Bajauri lady
  • (sixth) a Barakzai lady
  • (seventh) a Bangaski lady
  • (eighth) a third Popalzai lady
  • (ninth) a Sadduzai lady
  • (tenth) an Arab Khel lady from Peshawar
  • (eleventh) a Kazi Khel lady l
  • (twelfth) a daughter of Nasrullah Khan
  • (thirteenth) a lady from Kabul
  • (fourteenth) a second Qizilbashi lady
  • (fifteenth) a Nurizai lady
  • (sixteenth) a third Qizilbashi lady [citation needed]
Issue50 sons and 9 daughters[citation needed]
HouseMusahiban
DynastyBarakzai dynasty
FatherSardar Payinda Muhammad Khan
Motheran Alakozai lady
ReligionSunni Islam

Sultan Mohammad Khan (Pashto/Persian: سلطان محمد خان; 1795 – 1861), also known as Ghazi Sardar Sultan Mohammad Talaei,[1] and known by his epithet, Sultan Mohammad Khan the Golden[2] was an Afghan chief minister and regent. He was a powerful brother of Emir Dost Mohammad Khan, the eventual ruler of Afghanistan who seized control of Kabul from him. Prior to and during the reign of Dost Mohammad Khan, Sultan Muhammad Khan Telai was chief minister and governor of various regions of Afghanistan, including Kabul, Peshawar and Kohat (the latter two part of Pakistan now). He was the first of the Musahiban, a Mohammadzai dynasty that began with him and ruled Afghanistan for more than 150 years, in various forms such as emir, king or president from 1823 to 1978.[3]

An ethnic Pashtun, Mohammad Khan Talaei was the 15th son of Sardar Payeida Khan (chief of the Barakzai tribe), who was killed in 1799 by Zaman Shah Durrani.[4] Sultan Muhammad Khan's grandfather was Hajji Jamal Khan.

Sultan Mohammad Khan's wealth, along with his immense love for fine goods like luxurious robes, led to his family giving him his nickname "Telai", meaning golden.[5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Tombstones Stolen, Graves Looted, on Nader Khan Hill was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Lee, Jonathan (2019). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. p. 188. ISBN 9781789140101.
  3. ^ M. Nazif Shahrani (1986). "State Building And Social Fragmentation, in: Afghanistan: A Historical Perspective". In Banuazizi, Ali; Weiner, Myron (eds.). State, Religion and Ethnic Politics: Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. Syracuse University Press. p. 43. ISBN 978-0815624486. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  4. ^ Tarzi, Amin H. "DŌSTMOḤAMMAD KHAN". Encyclopædia Iranica (Online ed.). United States: Columbia University.
  5. ^ Noelle, Christine (1997). State and Tribe in Nineteenth-Century Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826–1863): The Reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-63.Sultan Mohammad Khan was also the governor of Peshawar. Routledge. p. 39. ISBN 978-0700706297. Retrieved 2016-05-31.