Amir Sher Ali Khan (1869)

Sher ʿAli Khan, (born 1825, Kabul?, Afghanistan—died February 21, 1879, Mazar-e Sharif) was the third son of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan. He succeeded to the throne upon his father’s death. Only after a bewildering series of intrafamily struggles, revolts, and civil war, however, was his hold on the throne secure. In 1878 British executed a well-planned three-pronged drive into Afghanistan. Sher Ali tried to rally the tribes to his support with little success. He then placed his son Yaʿqub Khan on the throne and fled toward Turkistan; he died during the journey. [Britannica]

The Viceroy of India, 6th Earl of Mayo, receives Sher Ali Khan , the Amir of Afghanistan, at Ambala, India. Date:27 March 1869.

Portrait of the Amir Sher Ali Khan, the ruler of Afghanistan, 1869. Source

A group portrait, with Amir Sher Ali seated with European political officers and two unidentified Afghan sirdars. The Europeans are Surgeon Major Henry Bellew (standing on the left), Col. (later Sir) Frederick Pollock (seated to the left of Amir), Col. (later General Sir) Crawford Chamberlain (seated on the right) and Col. Upperton, 16th Bengal Cavalry, (standing on the right). Macnabb Collection (Sir Donald Campbell Macnabb): Album of miscellaneous views in India. Mar. 1869. Photograph

Amir Sher Ali Khan Barakzai of Afghanistan, with his son, Prince Abdullah Jan and the Afghan chiefs, at Ambala (Haryana, India), 1869. Photo taken by John Burke.