Amir Muhammad
Qizilbash.
Son of Amir Khan of Chandawal, Kabul, a Darbari of the Kabul Court. Served as a
Sowar in the Guides Cavalry from 1887 to December 1904. With the Legation Guard
in Persia from 1890 to 1896. Married a daughter of Mulla Abdullah of Jalalabad.
Entered Amir Habibullah’s service in 1905, and in 1907 was reported to be Chief
Instructor of the Artillery at Kabul, working under Brigadier Nadir Khan and
with Shah Wali Khan. Because of his advanced age, his work in the Kabul Artillery
was carried on by his son Shir Muhammad in 1913.
Ludwig W. Adamec, Historical and Political Who's Who
of Afghanistan, Graz, Austria, 1975, p. 121.
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