Saturday, June 30, 2018

Yulduz Khan Afshar, ruler of the Andkhoi Khanate (Saiyid Izzut-Oollah, [1813] 1872)


Yulduz Khan Afshar, ruler of the Andkhoi Khanate




On the left bank of the Amoo is the territory of Kharuzm, of which Oorgunge is the principal town; it is governed by Mahomed Ruheem Khan, who assumes all the insignia of independent sovereignty. Balkh belongs to Cabul, by which power an Afghan Governor, Nujeeb-ool-lah Khan, has been appointed: the real power, however, rests with Meer Kuleej Ali Khan Utaleek, by whom the entire administration of the territory is conducted. The Governor of Undkhooee is Yeldooz Khan, son of Ruhmut-ool-lah Khan Ufshar. Kundooz and Sheerghan are under separate Chiefs, as also is Toorkoman Maimunuh. Budukhshan, the capital of which is Faizabad, belongs to Meer Mahomed Shah, who claims descent from Alexander the Great. Sha’anan again, near Budukhshan, is under a separate Ruler. All these Rulers are at perpetual enmity and variance with each other.


Saiyid Izzut-Oollah, Travels in Central Asia by Meer Izzut-Oollah In the Years 1812-13. Translated by Captain Henderson, Attached to the Foreign Office of the Government of India. ― Calcutta: Printed at the Foreign Department Press, Council House Street, 1872, p. 61.

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