List of governors of Badakhshan

The Governor of Badakhshan (Persian: حاکم بدخشان, hākim-i badakhshān, Pashto: د بدخشان والي) is the head of the government of Badakhshan.

Badakhshan province is located in the north-east of the country, between the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya.

The capital of Badakhshan and the seat of the provincial governor is the town of Fayzabad.

The mirs continued to wield power, but the Amir of Afghanistan appointed a hakim (حاکم), or governor, to rule the province.

In 1873 the Mir of Afghanistan also became a pensioner of the Kabul and ceased to hold power in Badakhshan.