biography
pronunciation:
[shair ahlee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1825–79)
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| biography:
| Amir of Afghanistan (1863–79), the younger son of Dost Mohammed. Disagreements with his half-brothers arose after he succeeded as amir, which kept Afghanistan in anarchy. He fled to Kandahar, and regained possession of Kabul in 1868 with assistance from the Viceroy of India, Sir John Lawrence. In 1879 his eldest son, Yakub Khan, rebelled, but was captured and imprisoned. Shere Ali's refusal to receive a British mission (1878) led to the second Anglo-Afghan war (1878–80). After severe fighting, he fled to Turkestan, where he died. |
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