the account of foreigners, Josiah Harlan came to Afghanistan believing that the West was superior to the east. Yet, when he met Dost Mohammad Khan, his thinking was challenged as he saw that "Easterners" could be as smart as people from the west. According to Fayz Muhammad and Iranica, upon his death, Dost Mohammad Khan had 27 sons and 25 daughters. And another son and daughter who died as infants. According to Fayz Muhammad, the sons are: Mohammad Afzal Khan 1815-1867 Wazir Akbar Khan 1817-1847 Sardar Muhammad Akram Khan 1818/1819-1852 Sardar Ghulam Haidar Khan 1819/1820-1858 Mohammad Azam Khan 1820-1870 Sher Ali Khan 1822/1825-1879 Sardar Wali Muhammad Khan 1825/1826-1895/1896 Sardar Muhammad Amin Khan 1826/1827-1865/1866 Sardar Muhammad Sharif Khan 1827/1828-1890/1891 Sardar Ahmad Khan 1829/1830-1897/1898 Sardar Muhammad Zaman Khan 1831/1832-1872/1873 Sardar Muhammad Aslam Khan 1832/1833-1870/1871 Sardar Muhammad Hasan Khan 1833/1834-1879 Sardar Muhammad Karim Khan 1833/1834-1895/1896 Sardar Muhammad Husayn Khan 1838/1839-1861/1862 Sardar Fayz Muhammad Khan 1839/1840-1867/1868 Sardar Muhammad Umar Khan 1840/1841-1904/1905 Sardar Sayf 'Allah Khan 1843/1844-1865/1866 Sardar Muhammad Yusuf Khan 1845-1913>? Sardar Muhammad Qasim Khan 1847-1874 Sardar Muhammad Hashim Khan 1847-1882/1883 Sardar Muhammad Habib Allah Khan 1851/1852-1897/1898 Sardar Muhammad Rahim Khan 1853/1854-1863/1864 Sardar Nik Muhammad Khan 1854/1855-1882/1883 Sardar Muhammad Sadiq Khan 1854/1855-1872/1873 Sardar Muhammad Shu'ayb Khan 1855/1856-1885/1886 Sardar Muhammad 'Azim Khan 1856/1857 - >1913? Dost Mohammad's Administration and government In 1857, Dost Mohammad was in a stronger position then ever. Dost Mohammad significantly expanded his possessions from just ruling around Kabul, Bamiyan, Jalalabad, and Ghazni. In the Chahar Wilayat, break-away regions from the collapse of the Durrani Empire such as Sar-I-Pul, Khulm, Balkh, and Sheberghan were reintegrated into the Afghan realm. The coup over Kandahar also allowed Dost Mohammad to now completely control the routes of southern trade from Ghazni to Qalat to Kandahar, and controlling as far as Sabzawar. This expansion was greatly facilitated due to his diplomacy and relations with the British, with both nations having signed Anglo-Afghan treaty's to better relations amongst each other and a nonintervention policy was spearheaded by the British, which allowed for Dost Mohammad to pursue re-unification campaigns of Afghanistan in Kandahar and the Chahar Wilayat. The Persian siege of Herat in 1856 also further swung British opinion in favor of the Afghans. As in August 1856, the Governor General of India supplied Dost Mohammad Khan with 4,000 muskets, and ammunition. Dost Mohammad Khan also received a subsidy of 500,000 rupees, though this aid arrived in portion