Campaigns of Dost Mohammad Khan

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Campaigns of Dost Mohammad Khan
Date1826 – 9 June 1863
Location
Result

Barakzai victory

Territorial
changes
Belligerents
Afghan government
Hazarajat
Durrani Empire
Sikh Empire
Kunduz Khanate
Emirate of Bukhara
Maimana Khanate
Mirdom of Tashqurghan
Principality of Kandahar
Emirate of Herat
Supported by:
Qajar Iran
Russian Empire
Commanders and leaders
Mohammad Afzal Khan (WIA)
Mohammad Akram Khan #
Ghulam Haidar Khan #
Abdul Jabbar Khan Surrendered
Mohammad Akram Khan
Mohammad Zaman Khan
Mohammad Azam Khan
Sher Ali Khan
1826 coup d'état:

Hazarajat (1826):


  • Mohammad Usman Khan
  • Usman Khan Surrendered
  • Sayyid Faqir
  • Sadat Khan Mohmand





  • No centralized leadership


Tagab (1846):
  • No centralized leadership

  • Mohammad Amin Beg
  • Mahmud Khan
  • Shuja al-Din Khan #
  • Emirate of Bukhara Ishan Uraq

  • Rahim Dil Khan
  • Mohammad Sadiq Khan
  • Sultan Ali Khan
  • Mohammad Umar Khan
  • Khush Dil Khan
  • Mohammad Alam Khan
  • Sultan Ahmad Khan

  • No centralized leadership

  • Sultan Murad Surrendered
  • Shah Nizam al-Din
  • Suhrab Beg
  • Yusuf Ali
  • Emirate of Bukhara Nasrullah Khan

Ali Shah Durrani X
Ayub Shah Durrani Surrendered
Ismail Mirza Durrani 
Dost Mohammad Khan (POW)
Mohammad Azim Khan #
Habibullah Khan
Peshawar Sardars:

The Campaigns of Dost Mohammad Khan,[a] also known as the Unification of Afghanistan,[b] were a series of military expeditions throughout Central Asia led by Dost Mohammad Khan in the nineteenth century, from the time of his accession to the throne until his death on 9 June 1863.

Background

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Unification

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Map of Afghanistan, following Dost Mohammad Khan's conquest

See also

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References

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Notes

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    • Pashto: د دوست محمد خان لښکرکښي, romanized: Də Dost Muhammad Xān Laskarkasi Jang
    • Persian: لشکرکشی‌های دوست محمد خان, romanized: Laškarkašī-hāy-i Dōst Mohammad Xān
    • Pashto: د افغانستان پيوستون, romanized: Də Afğānistān Paiwastun
    • Persian: وحدت افغانستان, romanized: Wahdat-i Afğānistān

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