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Kohandil Khan

1793–1855 · 19th century

Kohandil Khan was one of the Barakzai Sardars of Kandahar, half-brothers of Dost Mohammad Khan, who ruled the city and its region after the collapse of the Durrani Empire. He led the principality during the First Anglo-Afghan War, when the British occupied Kandahar and he took refuge in Persia. After his death in 1855 Dost Mohammad Khan annexed Kandahar to Kabul.

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