Mohammad Musa Khan Barakzai, later known as Wilfred Mark Musa, was Emir of Afghanistan from the time of his father Mohammad Yaqub Khan's abdication in 1879 until his abdication in 1880.
Early life Mohammad Musa Khan was born in 1868 in Kabul to his father Mohammad Yaqub Khan, a member of the Mohammadzai branch of the Barakzai Pashtun tribe. He was crowned as the crown prince of Afghanistan by his father on 20 March 1879.
Reign Following his father's abdication after the British occupation of Kabul driven from the Siege of the British Residency in Kabul, Mohammad Musa Khan succeeded his father's position at 11 years of age, under the guidance and supervision of Din Mohammad Andar, and had Ghazni as his de facto capital.
Exile and death Musa later abdicated and fled to Tehran, Qajar Iran, staying there for 8 years before being granted a leave to settle with his father in Dehradun, British Raj, and moved to Meerut, following family quarrels. Musa returned to Afghanistan following a decree of general amnesty declared by Habibullah Khan in 1912, but returned to India, and was baptized as a Christian in 1915, assuming the name "Wilfred Mark Musa" from his honorific title as a crown prince as "Wali Ahad Mohammad Musa".
He permanently resided in Afghanistan following the Partition of India in 1947, living there until his death in 1951.
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