Jehandad Khan
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Jehandad Khan | |
|---|---|
| Emir of Afghanistan (Khost only) | |
| In office early – late May 1912 | |
| Preceded by | Habibullah Khan |
| Succeeded by | Habibullah Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 1914 |
| Children | Ghaus-ud-din Khan[1] |
| Tribe | Ghilzai |
| Military service | |
| Battles/wars | Khost rebellion (1912) |
Jehandad Khan (died 1914) was an Afghan rebel emir who ruled only in Khost for a few weeks. He was born as a member of the Ghilzai tribe,[2] and spent most of his life as a chieftain.[2] After start of the Khost rebellion on 2 May 1912,[3] he briefly laid claim to the Afghan throne in opposition to Habibullah Khan,[2] but an offensive by Muhammad Nadir Khan forced him to flee to the British Raj by the end of the same month.[2] When Jehandad arrived in India, he was given the option of immediately returning to Afghanistan or staying in India, and he chose the latter.[1] He then appealed to the British authorities for an intervention in Afghanistan to aid the rebellion, but was unsuccessful.[2] Later in 1912, Jehandad managed to return to Afghanistan, where he was apprehended, put on trial, sentenced to death and executed by a firing squad[1] in 1914.[4]