Afghanistan: 'Dost Mahommed, King of Caubul, and his youngest son'. Lithograph from 'Afghaunistan' by James Rattray (1818-1854), 1841. Dost Mohammed Khan (December 23, 1793 - June 9, 1863) was the Emir of Afghanistan between 1826 and 1863. He first ruled from 1826 to 1839 and then from 1843 to 1863. He was the eleventh son of Sardar Pāyendah Khan (chief of the Barakzai tribe) who was killed by Zaman Shah Durrani in 1799. He was the grandson of Hajji Jamal Khan who founded the Barakzai dynasty in Afghanistan. Dost Mohammed belonged to the Pashtun ethnic group.

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