Editing Abdur Rahman Khan (section)

===Hazara genocide===
{{Further|1888–1893 Hazara uprisings}}
In the early 1890s [[Hazaras]] revolted against Abdur Rahman. As the Kabul Newsletters written by the British agents indicate, Abdur Rahman was an extremely ruthless man. He has been called 'The Dracula Amir' by some writers.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=37}}<ref name=EB/> Due to Abdur Rahman's depredations, over 50–60 percent of the total Hazara population was [[List of genocides by death toll|massacred]] and numerous towers of Hazara heads were made from the defeated rebels. Upon each victory Abdur Rahman claimed, it unleashed a reign of terror. This resulted in Hazara women being forcibly married to Pashtuns, as well as Hazara territories, specifically in largely ethnic Hazara areas such as [[Uruzgan Province|Urzugan]], [[Ghazni Province|Ghazni]], Maiden Shah, and Zawar being depopulated of Hazara populations. The territories of prominent Hazara chiefs in these areas were given to [[Mohammadzai]] sardars, or other closely related government loyalists. Alongside this, the [[Jizya]] tax was also enforced on Shias, which was only meant to be for non-Muslims.{{sfn|Lee|2019|p=399}} It caused some Hazaras to migrate to [[Quetta]] in [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]], and to [[Mashhad]] in northeastern [[Iran]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/hazara-2|title=Hazāra ii. History|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Iranica|access-date=30 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title = تاریخ باستانی هزاره‌ها|last = دلجو|first = عباس|publisher = انتشارات امیری|year = 2014|isbn = 978-9936801509|location = کابل}}</ref> In the [[Bamyan]] region, Abdur Rahman ordered soldiers to destroy the faces of the [[Buddhas of Bamiyan]] during a military campaign against a [[Hazaras|Hazara]] rebellion in the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54808 |title=Ancient Buddhas Will Not Be Rebuilt – UNESCO |publisher=Ipsnews.net |access-date=9 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913032140/http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=54808 |archive-date=13 September 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>