Fateh Khan Barakzai

Fateh Khan Barakzai
فتح الله خان بارکزی
Fateh Khan Barakzai; فتح الله خان بارکزی
Wazir
Wazirs of the Durrani Empire
Predecessor	Wafadar Khan
Successor	Mukhtar ad-Daula (1803); Akram Khan (1809); Civil war (1818)
Head of House of Barakzai
Born	1777; Kandahar, Durrani Empire
Died	August 1818 (aged 40–41); Herat or Ghazni, Durrani Empire
House	Musahiban
Dynasty	Barakzai dynasty
Father	Payandah Khan Barakzai
Religion	Sunni Islam
Military career
Conflicts	Battle of Qal‘a-yi Shahi; 1803 anti-Shia riots in Kabul; Battle of Nimla (1809); Battle of Hasan Abdal (1813); Afghan–Sikh capture of Kashmir (1812–1813); Battle of Attock (1813); Battle of Kashmir (1814); Battle of Kafir Qala (WIA);

Fateh Khan Barakzai or Wazir Fateh Khan or simply, Fateh Khan, was Wazir of the Durrani Empire during the reign of Mahmud Shah Durrani until his torture and execution at the hands of Kamran Shah Durrani, the son of the ruler of the Durrani Empire, and Mahmud Shah Durrani, along with other prominent conspirators such as Ata Mohammad Khan. Fateh Khan was of the Barakzai tribe, and his death led to his tribe revolting and the eventual deposition of Mahmud Shah Durrani.