Portraits of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan

Amir Dost Muhammad Khan portrait painted by Walter Fane in 1857
Portrait of Dost Muhammad Khan Barakzai, dated 1857. By Walter Fane. Source

Major-General Walter Fane, the painter, came into direct contact with the Amir Dost Muhammad Khan in 1857 when the British forged a partnership and declared war against Persia. He was given the opportunity to paint Dost Muhammad Khan from life.

Amir Dost Muhammad Khan Barakzai portrait, 1840
Amir Dost Muhammad Khan Barakzai, 1840 (c). From a drawing by an Indian artist. Taken from E. H. Nolan’s The Illustrated History of the British Empire in India and the East (1860).
Dost Muhammad Khan, ruler of Afghanistan
Paintings by General Walter Fane depicting Pashtuns
 Dost Muhammad Khan of Afghanistan with his sons
Dost Muhammad Khan Barakzai of Kabul (Historical Images)