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Fateh Khan Barakzai
| Fateh Khan Barakzai فتح الله خان بارکزی | |
|---|---|
| Wazir | |
| Wazirs of the Durrani Empire | |
| Predecessor | Wafadar Khan |
| Successor | Mukhtar ad-Daula (1803) Akram Khan (1809) Civil war (1818) |
| Head of House of Barakzai | |
| Born | 1777 Kandahar, Durrani Empire |
| Died | August 1818 Herat or Ghazni, Durrani Empire |
| House | Musahiban |
| Dynasty | Barakzai dynasty |
| Father | Sardar Payinda Muhammad Khan |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Military career | |
| Battles / wars | |
Fateh Khan Barakzai or Wazir Fateh Khan or simply, Fateh Khan, was Wazir of the Durrani Empire during the reign of Mahmud Shah Durrani until his torture and execution at the hands of Kamran Shah Durrani, the son of the ruler of the Durrani Empire, and Mahmud Shah Durrani, and other prominent conspirators such as Ata Mohammad Khan.[1][2][3] Fateh Khan was of the Barakzai tribe, and his death led to his tribe revolting and the eventual deposition of Mahmud Shah Durrani.[4][5]
- ^ McChesney, Robert; Khorrami, Mohammad Mehdi (19 December 2012). The History of Afghanistan (6 vol. set): Fayż Muḥammad Kātib Hazārah's Sirāj al-tawārīkh. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-23498-7.
- ^ Dalrymple, William (2012). Return of a King: The Battle For Afghanistan (Paperback ed.). United Kingdom: Bloomsbury. ISBN 9780307948533.
- ^ Noelle-Karimi, Christine (2014). The Pearl in Its Midst: Herat and the Mapping of Khurasan (15th–19th Centuries). Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. ISBN 978-3-7001-7202-4.
- ^ Lee 2019, p. 178-181.
- ^ Dalrymple 2012, p. 55.
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