List of mirs of Badakhshan

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The Mir of Badakhshan was the ruler of Badakhshan, a region that occasionally was politically independent and at other times was subservient to Afghanistan. The position of mir was often held by an ethnic Uzbek and was hereditary, though it often changed hands due to war or internal political dissension.

From 1457 until the 1880s the rulers of Badakhshan were Uzbeks of the . These rulers carried the titles of Shah, Mir, and Amir.[1] In 1873 the last Mir of Badakhshan became a pensioner of Kabul and all power shifted to the Hakim, or governor, of Badakhshan[2]

Below is a list of the mirs of Badakhshan along with their dates of reign and brief biographical descriptions.

  • Mir Yar Beg Sahibzada (14??-1599), was appointed Mir of Badakhshan by of Kunduz. Previously in 1651, Sahibzada, who was originally from Samarkand, was invited by the local tribes of Yaftal to become the local mir. When Sahibzada failed to pay the required tribute to Sabhan Kuli Khan, Khan sent , chief of Balkh and Bokhara, against Mir Beg. Mir Beg, buckling under pressure, agreed to pay tribute for two years. The Mir had ten sons when he died in 1699. He divided the province of Badakhshan amongst his nine sons.
  • Mir Yar Beg (14??), was the Mir of Badakhshan in the early 16th century until he was defeated by the khan of Kunduz, Mir Muhammad Murad Beg.[3]
  • (16??-1764).(میر شاه) His brother was , the Mir of Rustaq.[4]
  • (1764-1752). (میرجهاندار شاه) Jahandar Shah came to power through his close relations with , who was Governor of Afghan Turkestan from 1752–1864.[5] At one point Jahandar Shah raised forced in Badakhshan and briefly took control of Kunduz in 1866–67. He was ousted from power in 1869 by Sardar , an ally of Sher Ali Khan, the Amir of Afghanistan. Faiz Muhammad Khan appointed Jahandar Shah's nephew, Mizrab Shah, in power.[6]
  • (1869). He was installed in power by Faiz Muhammad Khan, but his reign lasted less than a year. He was the nephew of Jahandar Shah.[6]
  • (1869-1873). Mahamad Shah was a paternal cousin of Mizrab Shah. He established his authority in Badakhshan with the aid of Amir Sher Ali Khan. He was the last mir to ruler over Badakhshan. In 1873 Mahmud Shah was ousted from power by the governor of Afghan Turkestan, . Alam Khan appointed as governor of Badakhshan.[2][7]

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  1. ^ Christine Noelle. State and tribe in nineteenth-century Afghanistan: the reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863). Richmond: Routledge, 1997. p.110
  2. ^ a b Christine Noelle. State and tribe in nineteenth-century Afghanistan: the reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863). Richmond: Routledge, 1997. pp. 101, 320
  3. ^ Paul Bergne. The birth of Tajikistan: national identity and the origins of the Republic. Volume 1 of International Library of Central Asia Studies. I.B.Tauris, 2007. ISBN 1-84511-283-0, ISBN 978-1-84511-283-7
  4. ^ Christine Noelle. State and tribe in nineteenth-century Afghanistan: the reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863). Richmond: Routledge, 1997. pp. 99-100
  5. ^ Christine Noelle. State and tribe in nineteenth-century Afghanistan: the reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863). Richmond: Routledge, 1997. p 104
  6. ^ a b Christine Noelle. State and tribe in nineteenth-century Afghanistan: the reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863). Richmond: Routledge, 1997. pp. 101,104
  7. ^ Beale, Thomas W, and H. G. Keene. An Oriental Biographical Dictionary. London, 1894 p. 272.
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