Abdur Rahim Khan (governor)

Abdur Rahim Khan
Abdur Rahim Khan
Governor of Herat
	In office; September 1932 – September 1934
Appointed by	Mohammed Nadir Shah
Succeeded by	Ghulam Faruq Usman[1]
Personal details
Born	1886; Kohistan, Emirate of Afghanistan
Military service
Battles/wars	Afghan Civil War (1928–1929); Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947 (Suspected)

Abdur Rahim Khan was an Afghan governor of Herat. He was born in 1886 in Kohistan.[2] He served as the commander of Habibullah Khan's bodyguard from age 16.[2] In 1921 he was promoted to brigadier.[3] During the Afghan Civil War of 1928-1929 he joined the Saqqawists and was sent to Mazar-i-Sharif to organize a revolution.[3] In September 1932 he was appointed by Mohammed Nadir Shah as governor of Herat.[4] Also in 1932, he prevented a mutiny in Herat.[3] He was appointed head of Perso-Afghan Boundary Commission in September 1934.[3] In January 1946, he was arrested for suspected complicity with the Safi during the Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947, together with his son-in-law Khalilullah Khalili.[5] He was released in 1948.[5]

References

Adamec, Ludwig W. (1975). Historical and Political Who's who of Afghanistan (PDF). Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. p. 333. ISBN 978-3-201-00921-8.
Yapp, Malcolm; Preston, Paul; Partridge, Michael (1999). British documents on foreign affairs--reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print: From 1945 through 1950. Near and Middle East. University Publications of America. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-55655-765-1.
Preston, Paul; Partridge, Michael; Gokay, Bulent (2005). Near and Middle East, 1951. LexisNexis. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-88692-720-2.
Clements, Frank; Adamec, Ludwig W. (2003). Conflict in Afghanistan: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-85109-402-8.
Preston, Paul; Partridge, Michael (2008). British Documents on Foreign Affairs--reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print: Afghanistan, Turkey, Persia, Iraq and Levant 1954. LexisNexis. pp. xl. ISBN 978-0-88692-720-2.

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[Adamec1975-1] Adamec, Ludwig W. (1975). Historical and Political Who's who of Afghanistan (PDF). Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. p. 333. ISBN 978-3-201-00921-8.

[:0-2] Yapp, Malcolm; Preston, Paul; Partridge, Michael (1999). British documents on foreign affairs--reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print: From 1945 through 1950. Near and Middle East. University Publications of America. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-55655-765-1.

[:1-3] Preston, Paul; Partridge, Michael; Gokay, Bulent (2005). Near and Middle East, 1951. LexisNexis. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-88692-720-2.

[4] Clements, Frank; Adamec, Ludwig W. (2003). Conflict in Afghanistan: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-85109-402-8.

[BritDocPagexl-5] Preston, Paul; Partridge, Michael (2008). British Documents on Foreign Affairs--reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print: Afghanistan, Turkey, Persia, Iraq and Levant 1954. LexisNexis. pp. xl. ISBN 978-0-88692-720-2.