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Purdil Khan
Purdil Khan was the eldest of the Kandahar Sardars, Barakzai brothers who took Kandahar after the Durrani Empire broke up in 1818. A half-brother of Dost Mohammad Khan of Kabul, he led the brothers' joint rule of the principality until his death in 1830, when Kohandil Khan succeeded him at its head.
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