Muhammad Ali Beg (?-1835) (Persian: محمد علی بیگ) was an independent Tajik warlord of Bamiyan province. Specifically in the district of Saighan and Bamiyan. He was known for his Slave-trade and harsh behaviour towards the Hazaras.[1]

Muhammad Ali Beg
محمد علی بیگ
Born
Died1835
OccupationWarlord

Military campaigns

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Muhammad Ali Beg was involved in multiple raidings of both Bamiyan (which was then controlled by Mir Yazdanbakhsh) and other parts of Hazarajat.[2] After the battles he would take Hazaras as slaves and then sell them to the Mirs of Kunduz and the rulers of Bukhara.[3][4]

In his last years he successfully infiltrated Bamiyan and assassinated the Hazara chief Mir Yazdanbakhsh becoming the ruler of almost all of Bamiyan privince.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Media, Everest (2022-03-23). Summary of Ben Macintyre's The Man Who Would Be King. Everest Media LLC. ISBN 978-1-6693-5819-0.
  2. ^ Lāla, Mohan (1846). Travels in the Panjab, Afghanistan, and Turkistan, to Balk, Bokhara, and Herat. WM. H. Allen & Company.
  3. ^ Poladi, Hassan (1989). The Hazāras. Mughal Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-929824-00-0.
  4. ^ Noelle, Christine (2012-06-25). State and Tribe in Nineteenth-Century Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826-1863). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-60317-4.
  5. ^ Ibrahimi, Niamatullah (2017). The Hazaras and the Afghan State: Rebellion, Exclusion and the Struggle for Recognition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1-84904-707-4.