Sultan Mohammad Khan

Sultan Mohammad Khan (born in 1792[1] and died in 1863[1]), also known as "Sultan Muhammad Khan Telai" was an Afghan Aristocrat, Chief Minister and regent, who resigned in favor of his younger brother Amir Dost Muhammad Khan. His other brother was Fateh Khan died 1818. During the reign of his brother he was chief minister and gouvanor of various regions of the Emirate. He was the first Musahiban, an ethnic Pashtun, and the 15th son of Sardar Payendah Khan (chief of the Barakzai tribe) who was killed in 1799 by Zaman Shah Durrani.[2] Sultan Muhammad Khan's grandfather was Hajji Jamal Khan. His immense love for materialism, like clothes and golden cutlery led to his family giving him his nickname "Telai", meaning golden. The result was amongst other things no progress and social injustice. This cases of power abuses were well known in the afghan monarchy, even in the regency of Sultan Muhammad Khan's descendants of the Musahiban branch.[3][4]

Sultan Muhammad Khan
Emir of Afghanistan, Amir ul Mu´minin
Emir of Afghanistan
Reign1825-1827
PredecessorDost Mohammad Khan
SuccessorDost Mohammad Khan
Head of House of Barakzai
Born1792[1]
Died1863[1]
Kabul, Afghanistan
Burial
Maranjan Hill
Spouses
  • (first) a Hajjibashi lady.
  • (second) a Popalzai lady
  • (third) a Qizilbashi lady
  • (fourth) a second Popalzai lady
  • (fifth) a Bajauri lady
  • (sixth) a Barakzai lady
  • (seventh) a Bangaski lady
  • (eighth) a third Popalzai lady
  • (ninth) a Sadduzai lady
  • (tenth) an Arab Khel lady from Peshawar
  • (eleventh) a Kazi Khel lady
  • (twelfth) a daughter of Nasrullah Khan
  • (thirteenth) a lady from Kabul
  • (fourteenth) a second Qizilbashi lady
  • (fifteenth) a Nurizai lady
  • (sixteenth) a third Qizilbashi lady
Issue50 sons and 9 daughters
HouseMusahiban
DynastyBarakzai dynasty
FatherSardar Payinda Muhammad Khan
Motheran Alakozai lady
ReligionSunni Islam

Background and political power

Sultan Mohammad Khan was born to an influential family in Kandahar, Durrani Empire in the year 1795. His father, Payinda Khan, was chief of the Barakzai tribe and an aristocrat with the title "Sarfraz Khan" in the Durrani dynasty. Their family can be traced back to Abdal (the first and founder of the Abdali tribe), through Hajji Jamal Khan, Yousef, Yaru, Mohammad, Omar Khan, Khisar Khan, Ismail, Nek, Daru, Saifal, and Barak. Abdal had four sons, Popal, Barak, Achak, and Alako.[5] Sultan Muhammad Khan Telai was Emir of Afghanistan in the time of critical power vacuum in the Emirate of Afghanistan. However he has resigned in favor of his younger brother and became Chief minister or Crown Prince under him and simultaneously governor of various Regions of the Emirate. The regions, where he acted as governor, known by historians today, are Kabul from year 1824-1827, Peshawar year 1827-1828 and Kohat from year 1828-1834. He and the Muhammadzais in general were known for having a great number of wives, in order to unify the afghan tribes and ethnic groups.

Notable descendants
Political offices
Preceded by
Dost Muhammad Khan		 Emir of Afghanistan
1825-1827		 Succeeded by
Dost Muhammad Khan

References
  1. "DŌST MOḤAMMAD KHAN – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  2. Tarzi, Amin H. "DŌSTMOḤAMMAD KHAN". Encyclopædia Iranica (Online ed.). United States: Columbia University.
  3. "König Zahirs Goldenes Zeitalter", Zeit Online, by Matin Baraki, 2nd of Mai 2002;http://www.zeit.de/2002/19/200219_a-saherschah.xml
  4. Noelle, Christine (1997). State and Tribe in Nineteenth-Century Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826–1863): The Reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-63.Sultan Mohammad Khan was also the govener of Peshawar. Routledge. p. 39. ISBN 978-0700706297. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  5. Life of the Amîr Dost Mohammed Khan, of Kabul: with his political ..., by Mohan Lal, Volume 1. Page 1-3.
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