Kohan Dil Khan

Kohan Dil Khan
کهندل خان
Sardar
Miniature portrait of Kohan Dil Khan c. 1830–1855
Sardar of Kandahar
1st reign22 June 1830 – 8 May 1839
PredecessorPur Dil Khan
SuccessorOffice abolished
(Shuja Shah Durrani as Shah of the Durrani Empire)
2nd reign9 August 1842 – 21 August 1855
PredecessorOffice re-established
(Fateh Jang Durrani as Shah of the Durrani Empire)
SuccessorRahim Dil Khan
Born1792 (1792)
Kandahar, Durrani Empire
Died21 August 1855(1855-08-21) (aged 62–63)
Herat, Emirate of Herat
Burial
Spouse
3 wives
Issue
6 sons
  • Mohammad Umar Khan
    Mohammad Sadiq Khan
    Mohammad Usman Khan
    Ghulam Muhi ud-Din Khan
    Sutlan Ali Khan
    Abdullah Khan
DynastyBarakzai dynasty
FatherPayandah Khan
Motheran Idu Khel Hotak lady

Kohan Dil Khan Barakzai (1792 – 21 August 1855) was the third Sardar of the Principality of Kandahar who ruled from 1830 to his death in 1855. His rule sparked a succession crisis between his brother Rahim Dil Khan and his son Siddiq Khan, to which state of chaos and anarchy gave a strategic advantage to Dost Mohammad Khan, a half-brother of the Dil Brothers who reigned in Kabul, where he conquered Kandahar in 1855.