abdicated, taking refuge in the British camp and was subsequently sent to India in December. In popular culture Mohammed Yaqub Khan appears in M.M. Kaye's 1978 novel The Far Pavilions. The novel was adapted by a 1984 mini-series, in which Atul Tandon portrayed Khan. Quotes See also List of leaders of Afghanistan References External links 1849 births 1923 deaths 19th-century Afghan monarchs Emirs of Afghanistan Barakzai dynasty Governors of Herat Province Pashtun people People of the Second Anglo-Afghan War 19th-century Afghan politicians 19th-century monarchs in Asia Monarchs who abdicated