Dost Muhammad Khan (colonel)
Dost Muhammad Khan دوست محمد خان | |
|---|---|
| Native name | دوست محمد خان |
| Born | 1894 Bazarak, Panjshir Province, Afghanistan |
| Died | 1992 (aged 97–98) Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | Royal Afghan Army |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Children | Ahmad Shah Massoud Ahmad Wali Massoud Ahmad Zia Massoud |
| Relations | Ahmad Massoud (grandson) |
Dost Muhammad Khan[a] (c. 1894 – 1992) was an Afghan military officer who served as a colonel in the Royal Afghan Army under King Zahir Shah. He was the father of the military commander Ahmad Shah Massoud and grandfather of NRF leader Ahmad Massoud.
Biography
Dost Muhammad Khan was born in c. 1894 in Bazarak, Panjshir Province, Afghanistan, to a Tajik family belonging to the Sarkarda clan.[1][2] His father Muhammad Yahya Khan was an Afghan military officer who fought under King Amanullah Khan in the Third Anglo-Afghan War against British India.[3] Dost Mohammad Khan's wife Bibi Khurshid has been described as a "modern-minded" woman who taught herself to read and write determined to educate her daughters no less than her sons.[4]
After completing his military education, Dost Muhammad Khan served as colonel under King Zahir Shah.[3][5] He later moved to Herat where he served as chief of police.[2] Afterward, Khan was dispatched to Kabul and the family moved along with him.[4][2] Following the Soviet–Afghan War, he migrated to Pakistan and spent around twelve years of his life in Pakistan. Khan died in an accident in 1371 SH (1992) in Islamabad at the age of 98.[6] He was buried in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan.[6]
Notes
References
- ^ Malejacq, Romain (2020-01-15). Warlord Survival: The Delusion of State Building in Afghanistan. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-1-5017-4643-7.
- ^ a b c Vollmer, Susan (2007). Legends, Leaders, Legacies. Susan Vollmer. ISBN 978-0-9795233-0-4.
- ^ a b Massoud, Ahmad (2024-05-13). In the Name of my Father: Struggling for Freedom in Afghanistan. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-64572-097-3.
- ^ a b Gall 2021, pp. 20–22.
- ^ Chronology of Conflict and Cooperation in Afghanistan, 1978-2006. Bureau of Composition, Compilation & Translation Press, University of Karachi. 2006. ISBN 978-969-8550-03-5.
- ^ a b Massoud, Ahmad Wali [@awmasoud] (24 June 2019). "After 30 years, today I was able to pay tribute to my father's grave in Peshawar, Pakistan. Dost Mohammad Khan passed away in a car crash, longing for decades to see his heroic son Ahmad Shah Massoud again. Alas, he heard of Massoud's battles against invaders only through radio" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
Sources
- Gall, Sandy (2021). Afghan Napoleon: The Life of Ahmad Shah Massoud. London: Haus Publishing. ISBN 978-1-913368-22-7.