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Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901

For other people named Abdur Rahman Khan, see Abdur Rahman Khan (disambiguation).

Abdur Rahman KhanGCSI (Pashto/Dari: عبدالرحمن خان) (between 1840 and 1844 – 1 October 1901) also known by his epithet, The Iron Amir,^[1] was Amir of Afghanistan from 1880 to his death in 1901.^[3] He is known for perpetrating the Hazara Genocide, but also uniting the country after years of internal fighting and negotiation of the Durand Line Agreement with British India.^[4]

Abdur Rahman Khan was the only son of Mohammad Afzal Khan, and grandson of Dost Mohammad Khan, founder of the Barakzai dynasty.

Abdur Rahman Khan re-established the writ of the Afghan government after the disarray that followed the second Anglo-Afghan war.^[5] He became known as The Iron Amir because his government was a military despotism.

This despotism rested upon a well-appointed army and was administered through officials s