Wazir Akbar Khan, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Wazir Akbar Khan

Emir of Afghanistan (1842-1845)

Date of Birth: 15-Oct-1816

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1845

Profession: monarch, military officer

Nationality: Afghanistan

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Wazir Akbar Khan (1816–1845; Pashto: ???? ???? ????), born Mohammad Akbar Khan (???? ???? ???) and also known as Amir Akbar Khan (???? ???? ???), was an Afghan prince, general, and finally emir for about three years until his death.
His fame began with the 1837 Battle of Jamrud, while attempting to regain Afghanistan's second capital Peshawar from the Sikh Empire.Wazir Akbar Khan was militarily active in the First Anglo-Afghan War, which lasted from 1839 to 1842.
He is prominent for his leadership of the national party in Kabul from 1841 to 1842, and his massacre of Elphinstone's army at the Gandamak pass before the only survivor, the assistant surgeon William Brydon, reached the besieged garrison at Jalalabad on 13 January 1842.
Wazir Akbar Khan became the emir of Afghanistan in May 1842, and ruled until his death in 1845.



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Date of birth/death	1811	1881
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