THE AMIR’S BODYGUARD
PEDIGREE OF THE AMIR OF AFGHANISTAN[37]
Amir Dost Mahommed Khan Barakzai. Born 1774. Finally overthrew the power of the ruling Saddozai clan on the death of Shah Shujah, 1829. Died 1863.
Married a daughter of a Shia Rayi of Shalozan in Kuram, sister of Shah Hussein Mania, father of Shah Jehan of Kuram.
Amir Mahommed Afzul Khan. Died 1867. Married a daughter of a Popalzai Rayi of Koh-i-Daman, Haka Kabul, sister of Khwahaja Mahommed Khan, and of Sultan Mahommed Khan Popalzai.
Amir Abdur Rahman Khan. Born 1844. Refugee in Russian territory. 1869-79. Recognized as Amir 1880. Died October 1, 1901.
Married Gulriz, a slave girl from Wakhan.
Amir Habib Ullah Khan. Born at Samarkand, 1872. Succeeded as Amir in 1901.
Married a stepdaughter of Naib Salar Amir Mahommed Khan.