Yar Muhammad Khan Alakozai

Yar Muhammad Khan Alakozai bin Abdullah Khan[1] (Persian: یارمحمد خان الکوزی بن عبد الله خان) was the vizier of the Principality of Herat from 1829 to 1842, and the ruler of Herat from 1842 until 1851.

[2] In 1829, he became vizier, or chief minister, of Herat.

[2] In 1842, he deposed his Emir, Kamran Shah Durrani, and became the new ruler of Herat.

[3][1][4] He expanded the country's domains to the Chahar Wilayat and Lash-Joveyn before dying in 1851.

[1] He held a marriage alliance with Akbar Khan, a Barakzai prince, general, and later the emir of Afghanistan for a year.