Mohammad Musa Khan (Afghanistan)
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Bala Hissar, Kabul, Emirate of Afghanistan
Mohammad Ayub Khan (in Herat)
| Mohammad Musa Khan محمد موسی خان | |
|---|---|
| Sardar Emir of Afghanistan | |
| Emir of Afghanistan | |
| Reign | 19 October 1879 – 21 April 1880 |
| Coronation | 15 December 1879 Bala Hissar, Kabul, Emirate of Afghanistan |
| Predecessor | Mohammad Yaqub Khan |
| Successor | Abdur Rahman Khan (in Kabul) Mohammad Ayub Khan (in Herat) |
| Born | 1868 Kabul, Emirate of Afghanistan |
| Died | 1955 (aged 86–87) Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan |
| Spouse | 2 wives
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| Issue | 1 son and 6 daughters
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| Dynasty | Barakzai dynasty |
| Father | Mohammad Yaqub Khan |
| Mother | Ruqaiya Begum |
| Religion | Sunni Islam (until 1915) Roman Catholic Christianity (from 1915) |
Mohammad Musa Khan Barakzai,[a] later known as Wilfred Mark Musa, was Emir of Afghanistan from the time of his father Mohammad Yaqub Khan's abdication in 1879 until his abdication in 1880.[1][2]
Mohammad Musa Khan was born in 1868 in Kabul to his father Mohammad Yaqub Khan, a member of the Mohammadzai branch of the Barakzai Pashtun tribe. He was crowned as the crown prince of Afghanistan by his father on 20 March 1879.
Reign
Following his father's abdication after the British occupation of Kabul driven from the Siege of the British Residency in Kabul, Mohammad Musa Khan succeeded his father's position at 11 years of age, under the guidance and supervision of Din Mohammad Andar,[3] and had Ghazni as his de facto capital.[4]
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