List of governors of Herat explained

This is a list of the governors of the province of Herat, Afghanistan.^[1]

Governors of Herat Province

Governor			Period	Extra	Note
		Mohammad Zaman Khan	1716 1721		Father of Ahmad Shah Durrani, the founding father of Afghanistan
		Mohammad Yaqub Khan	1863^[2] 1874		Son of Emir Sher Ali Khan
		Mohammad Ayub Khan	February 1879 September 1881^[3]		Son of Emir Sher Ali Khan, brother of Mohammad Yaqub Khan
		Nazir Muhammad Sarwar Khan	1882 1886		Loyalist to Abdur Rahman Khan^[4]
		Kazi Saad-ud-Din Khan	1887 1914^[5]		Supporter of the ruling dynasty and the father of one of Amir Habibullah Khan's wives.^[6] ^[7]
		Muhammad Sulaiman Khan	1915 1919		Former Military Secretary to King Habibullah Khan 1914–1915
		Abdur Rahim Khan	September 1931September 1934
		Ismail Khan	1992 1997^[8]		Mujahideen commander and warlord during the civil war in Afghanistan
		Mulla Yaar Mohammad	1997 2001		Taliban
		Ismail Khan	2001 12 September 2004		Appointed as Minist of Water and Energy
		Sayed Mohammad Khairkhah	September 2004^[9] June 2005		Former Afghan Ambassador to Iran and Ukraine
		Sayed Hussein Anwari	June 2005^[10] ^[11] 23 January 2009		Former Minister of Agriculture in the Transitional Administration
		Ahmad Yussef Nuristani	18 January 2009 24 August 2010		Resigned to run as Wolesi Jirga MP in the 2010 elections
		Daud Shah Saba	3 September 2010 27 June 2013		Former Human Development Advisor to the President of Afghanistan, 2005–2008,
		Fazlullah Wahidi	3 July 2013 ??		Former Governor of eastern Kunar Province, November 2007-July 2013,
		Mohammad Asif Rahimi	27 April 2015 11 Dec 2018		Former Afghan Minister of Agriculture
		Abdul Quayom Rahimi	23 January 2013 3 April 2020	Former head of the Office of Public Support of the Office of Local Authorities and brother of Abdul Salam Rahimi is the current head of the office of Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan
		Sayed Abdul Wahid Qatali^[12]	3 April 2020^[13] 14 June 2021
		Abdul Sabur Qane	15 June 2021^[14] 13 August 2021
		Abdul Qayyum Rohani	Sep 2021 26 October 2021^[15]		under Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
		Noor Mohammad Islamjar	26 October 2021 Present^[16]		under Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

See also

• List of current governors of Afghanistan

Notes and References

1. http://www.afghan-bios.info/tinc?key=2vB1wwzV&session_currentpage=index&session_mode=guest&formname=afghan_bios&session_searchcriteria=Ahmad%20Yusuf%20Nuristani&session_sortby=field_3&userid=1277807291;53366;103&session_nextpage=data_edit&session_offset=50&session_start=1&session_dbkey=1255250879;576393;925_afghan_bios&dbkey=1255250879;576393;925_afghan_bios Afghan Bio: Dr. Ahmad Yussef Nooristani
2. Book: McChesney. Robert. The History of Afghanistan (6 vol. set): Fayż Muḥammad Kātib Hazārah's Sirāj al-tawārīkh. Khorrami. Mohammad Mehdi. 2012-12-19. BRILL. 978-90-04-23498-7. en.
3. Clements, Frank (2003) "Ayub, Khan Muhammad (1857 - 1914)" Conflict in Afghanistan: a historical encyclopedia ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California, page 35,
4. Book: Adamec . Ludwig . Who's Who of Afghanistan . 1975 . Austria . 229 .
5. Book: Adamec . Ludwig . Who's Who of Afghanistan . 1975 . Austria . 219–20 .
6. Latest intelligence - Afghanistan. 26 October 1901 . 7 . 36596.
7. Latest intelligence - Russia and Afghanistan. 27 June 1902 . 3 . 36805.
8. Clements, Frank (2003) "Isma'il Khan (1946 -)" Conflict in Afghanistan: a historical encyclopedia ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California, pages 130-132,
9. Gall, Carlotta (September 2004) "Afghan Region's New Governor Says Violence Is Ended; Denounces Warlord" The New York Times
10. Sirrs, Julie (November 2001) "What’s Next for Afghanistan?" Middle East Intelligence Bulletin 3(11):
11. British Agencies Afghanistan Group (June 2005) Afghanistan: Monthly Review as cited at ""Research Response Number: AFG17479" Refugee Review Tribunal, United Nation Human Rights Council, 9 September 2005, page 3
12. Web site: Database.
13. Web site: Abdul Wahid Qatali Appointed as Governor of Herat Reporterly |.
14. https://shahed.news/en/2021/06/15/general-abdul-saboor-qani-appointed-as-governor-of-herat/ Shahed News
15. Web site: Afghan, Turkmenistan officials hold meeting.
16. Web site: د هرات ولايت نوي والي او مرستیال والي معرفي او دندې یې پيل کړې – الاماره پښتو.