Jehandad Khan Explained

Jehandad Khan
Native Name:instead.-->
Office:Emir of Afghanistan
(Khost only)
Term Start:early
Term End:late May 1912
Predecessor:Habibullah Khan
Successor:Habibullah Khan
Blank1:Tribe
Data1:Ghilzai
Battles:Khost rebellion (1912)
Death Date:1914
Death Place:Emirate of Afghanistan
Children:Ghaus-ud-din Khan

Jehandad Khan (d. 1914) was an Afghan rebel emir who ruled only in Khost. He was born as a member of the Ghilzai tribe,[1] and spent most of his life as a chieftain. After start of the Khost rebellion on 2 May 1912,[2] he briefly laid claim to the Afghan throne in opposition to Habibullah Khan, but an offensive by Muhammad Nadir Khan forced him to flee to the British Raj by the end of the same month. When Jehandad arrived in India, he was given the option of immediately returning to Afghanistan or staying in India, and he chose the latter.[3] He then appealed to the British authorities for an intervention in Afghanistan to aid the rebellion, but was unsuccessful. 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 in 1914.[4]

References

  1. Book: Hale, W.. AFGHANISTAN, BRITAIN AND RUSSIA 1905 - 21. 1966. 16, 17, 18.
  2. Book: Chisholm, Hugh. Britannica Year-book, 1913 -: A Survey of the World's Progress Since the Completion in 1910 of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1913. Encyclopaedia Britannica. en.
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  3. Book: Summary of the Administration of Lord Hardinge of Penhurst, November 1910 – March 1916. 93, 94.
  4. Book: British documents on foreign affairs--reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print: From 1945 through 1950. Near and Middle East. Yapp. Malcolm. Preston. Paul. Partridge. Michael. 1999. University Publications of America. 978-1-55655-765-1. 33. en.