Friday, September 22, 2017

Muhammad Rza Qizilbash (Ludwig W. Adamec, 1975)

Muhammad Reza




Kizilbash. Mirakhor. Governor of Tashkurghan in northern Afghanistan. One of the few men of any influence in Afghan Turkestan who were on friendly terms with Governor Mir Alam Khan. Acted as Mir Alam Khan’s agent. Mir Alam was more than once said to have been anxious to secure Muhammad Reza’s appointment as Governor of Badakhshan. On the fall of Maimana in 1876, Muhammad Reza’s son was appointed Governor of that town. In 1879 Deputy Governor of Turkestan, and in the following year was imprisoned by Sardar Muhammad Ishaq Khan.



Ludwig W. Adamec, Historical and Political Who's Who of Afghanistan, Graz, Austria, 1975, pp. 199―200.

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