Sayyid Husayn was an Afghan Saqqawist politician who served as Minister of Defence from January to March 1929. He was appointed by Habibullāh Kalakāni immediately following the capture of Kabul in January 1929 during the Afghan Civil War.[1] In March 1929, he was succeeded by Purdil Khan.[2]
Sayyid Husayn | |
|---|---|
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| Minister of Defence | |
| In office January 1929 – March 1929 | |
| Monarch | Habibullāh Kalakāni |
| Preceded by | Unknown |
| Succeeded by | Purdil Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charikar, Emirate of Afghanistan |
| Died | 1 November 1929 Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan |
| Political affiliation | Saqqawists |
Born in Charikar,[3] Husayn had been a loyal follower of Kalakāni prior to the civil war, and was intimately involved in the Saqqawist leadership. Robert D. McChesney described him as Kalakāni's "partner and virtual equal in matters of government".[4]
He was executed in Kabul on 1 November 1929, alongside Kalakāni and other prominent Saqqawists.[5]
References
edit- ^ Muḥammad, Fayz̤; McChesney, R. D. (1999). Kabul under siege: Fayz Muhammad's account of the 1929 Uprising. Markus Wiener Publishers. pp. 57, 58. ISBN 9781558761544.
- ^ Muḥammad, Fayz̤; McChesney, R. D. (1999). Kabul under siege: Fayz Muhammad's account of the 1929 Uprising. Markus Wiener Publishers. p. 68. ISBN 9781558761544.
- ^ Muḥammad, Fayz̤; McChesney, R. D. (1999). Kabul under siege: Fayz Muhammad's account of the 1929 Uprising. Markus Wiener Publishers. p. 33. ISBN 9781558761544.
- ^ Muḥammad, Fayz̤; McChesney, R. D. (1999). Kabul under siege: Fayz Muhammad's account of the 1929 Uprising. Markus Wiener Publishers. p. 24. ISBN 9781558761544.
- ^ Muḥammad, Fayz̤; McChesney, R. D. (1999). Kabul under siege: Fayz Muhammad's account of the 1929 Uprising. Markus Wiener Publishers. p. 276. ISBN 9781558761544.