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{{Short description|Qizilbash military and political figure}}
{{Infobox military person
| name = Amir Khan Yaghlevandli-Javanshir
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| birth_date = 1732
| death_date = 1775
| birth_place = [[Safavid Karabakh]]
| death_place = [[Durrani Empire]]
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| allegiance = [[Durrani Empire]]
| branch = [[Cavalry]]
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| rank = [[Khan (title)|Khan]]
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| relations = [[Javanshir clan]]
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'''Amir Khan Yaghlevandli-Javanshir''' (b. Yaghlevandli oymagh, [[Safavid Karabakh]] - d. [[Kashmir]], [[Durrani Empire]] ) was a [[Qizilbash]] military and political figure, general, belonging to the same family as the [[Karabakh Khanate|Karabakh khans]].{{Sfn|Chingizoglu|2016|p=356}}

== Life ==
Amir Khan was born around 1732 in a [[Javanshir clan]] in Yaghlevandli oymagh of [[Karabakh|Karabagh]]. His father, [[Safi Khan Javanshir|Safi Khan]], came from the Yaghlevandli or Yaghlavend oymagh of the Turkic [[Javanshir clan]] of [[Afshar people|Afshar]] tribe. In 1756, he was taken into the service of the Afghan [[Ahmad Shah Durrani]]. He made several campaigns with the Shah in [[Kashmir]] in 1756, Sirhind and Sind in 1757, [[Balochistan]] in 1750, [[Sistan]] in 1754, [[Khorasan province|Khorasan]] in 1754 and Balkh in 1752. In 1770, Amir Khan Jevanshir was appointed governor of Kashmir by order of Ahmad Shah Dürrani. Amir Khan Jevanshir built a number of attractions in Kashmir, for example, Sher Garni palace and Amiran Kadal bridge. Persecuted Kashmiri Pandits.{{Sfn|Ishaq Khan|2009|p=50}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-09 |title=History of Pashtuns د پښتنو تاريخ: Kashmir during Pashtun rule (1752-1819) |url=http://www.barmazid.com/2014/06/kashmir-during-pashtun-rule-1752-1819_26.html?m=1 |access-date=2023-05-24 |archive-date=2016-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009210411/http://www.barmazid.com/2014/06/kashmir-during-pashtun-rule-1752-1819_26.html?m=1 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>{{Sfn| Bakshi|2001|p=237}}<ref>Ismailov, Eldar, ''[https://www.ca-c.org/c-g-online/2014/journal_eng/c-g-1-2/10.shtml#_edn13 The Khans of Karabakh: The Roots, Subordination to the Russian Empire, and Liquidation of the Khanate]'', CA&C Press AB, Sweden</ref> According to [[Walter Roper Lawrence|Ser Walter Roper Lawrence]] was possibly the best of the Afghan rulers:

{{cquote|''Amir Khan Jawan Sher was perhaps the best of Pathan rulers, for at least he built the Amiran Kadal, the bridge which stands at the entrance of Srinagar, and constructed the palace of the Shergarhi, but. on the other hand, he showed petty spite in destroying the Mughal gardens on the Dal. The other Pathan rulers are now only remembered for their brutality and cruelty.<ref>The valley of Kashmir" (1895), Sir Walter Roper Lawrence (1857-1940)</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/valleyofkashmir00lawruoft The valley of Kashmir (1895), Sir Walter Roper Lawrence, s.197] — [https://archive.org Archive.org]</ref>''}}

Amir Khan Jevanshir died in 1775 in [[Kashmir]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}
== See also ==
* [[Javanshir clan]]
*[[Javanshir Qizilbash]]
*[[Qizilbashi]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}
== Source ==
* {{cite book |first=Mohammad |last=Ishaq Khan |title=Perspectives on Kashmir: Historical Dimensions |year=2009 |location= |publisher=}}
* {{cite book
|first= S.R.
|last =Bakshi
|title= Kashmir Through Ages
|year= 2001
|location=
|publisher=
}}
* {{cite book
|first= Anvar
|last =Chingizoglu
|title= Yaghlavendlis
|year= 2016
|location= Baku
|publisher= Mutarcim
}}
[[Category:1732 births]]
[[Category:1775 deaths]]
[[Category:People from the Karabakh Khanate]]
[[Category:People from Afsharid Iran]]
[[Category:Afshar people]]

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