Jehandad Khan (d. 1914) was an Afghan rebel emir who ruled only in Khost. He was born as a member of the Ghilzai tribe,[2] and spent most of his life as a chieftain.[2] After start of the Khost rebellion on 2 May 1912,[3] he briefly laid claim to the Afghan throne in opposition to Habibullah Khan,[2] but an offensive by Muhammad Nadir Khan forced him to flee to the British Raj by the end of the same month.[2] When Jehandad arrived in India, he was given the option of immediately returning to Afghanistan or staying in India, and he chose the latter.[1] He then appealed to the British authorities for an intervention in Afghanistan to aid the rebellion, but was unsuccessful.[2] Later in 1912, Jehandad managed to return to Afghanistan, where he was apprehended, put on trial, sentenced to death and finally executed by a firing squad[1] in 1914.[4]
Jehandad Khan | |
|---|---|
| Emir of Afghanistan (Khost only) | |
| In office early – late May 1912 | |
| Preceded by | Habibullah Khan |
| Succeeded by | Habibullah Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1914 Emirate of Afghanistan |
| Children | Ghaus-ud-din Khan[1] |
| Tribe | Ghilzai |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | Khost rebellion (1912) |
References
edit- ^ a b c Summary of the Administration of Lord Hardinge of Penhurst, November 1910 – March 1916. pp. 93, 94.
- ^ a b c d e Hale, W. (1966). AFGHANISTAN, BRITAIN AND RUSSIA 1905 - 21. pp. 16, 17, 18.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh (1913). Britannica Year-book, 1913 -: A Survey of the World's Progress Since the Completion in 1910 of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica.**A wikilink to an article on [Afghanistan] in EB1922 is not available**
- ^ Yapp, Malcolm; Preston, Paul; Partridge, Michael (1999). British documents on foreign affairs--reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print: From 1945 through 1950. Near and Middle East. University Publications of America. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-55655-765-1.