Editing Azim Khan (section)

{{Short description|19th-century Afghan politician}}
{{About|the early 19th century Afghan noble|the 17th century Mughal general|Azim Khan's Tomb|the Afghan cricketer|Azim Khan (cricketer)}}
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| office              = [[Durrani Empire|Durrani]] governor of [[Kashmir valley|Kashmir]]
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| 1namedata           = [[Mahmud Shah Durrani]]
| term_start          = 1812
| term_end            = 1819
| predecessor         = [[Fateh Khan Barakzai|Fateh Khan]]
| successor           = [[Moti Ram]] (as [[Sikh Empire|Sikh]] governor)
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| battles             = [[Battle of Nowshera]]<br>[[Stratagem of Peshawar (Jamrud Fort 1818)|Stratagem of Peshawar]]<br>[[Battle of Shopian]]<ref>{{citation |title=Hari Singh Nalwa - Champion of the Khalsaji |last=Nalwa |first=Vanit |year=2009 |publisher=Manohar Books |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-81-7304-785-5 |page=45}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The History of the Sikhs Volume 5|last=Gupta |first=Hari Ram  |year=1991 |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal|isbn=9788121505154|pages=128}}</ref>
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'''Sardar Mohammad Azim Khan Barakzai''' ({{langx|ps|عظیم خان}}) was the last [[Durrani Empire|Durrani Afghan]] governor of [[Kashmir Valley|Kashmir]] (1812–1819).<ref name="Bakshi1997">{{citation|last=Bakshi|first=S.R.|title=Kashmir: History and People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U1LEY1yWmagC&pg=PA144|year=1997|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-85431-96-3|pages=144–}}</ref> He was the second son of the [[Barakzai]] chief Payinda Sarfaraz Khan, while his elder brother [[Fateh Khan Barakzai|Fateh Khan]] was the [[kingmaker]] and [[Vizier]] to [[Mahmud Shah Durrani]]. He was one of 21 brothers from eight mothers including his half-brother [[Dost Mohammad Khan]] who would later become [[Emir of Afghanistan]].