| Atma Ram | |
|---|---|
| आत्माराम | |
 Lithograph of Atma Ram in Peshawar, circa 1847 | |
| Born | Peshawar, Durrani Empire (Present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) |
| Occupation | Minister (government) |
| Known for | Dominating trade between India and Turan, tax farming |
| Office | Diwanbegi in Kunduz under Murad Beg |
Atma Ram was a Hindu minister in Afghanistan during the 1820s and 1830s. A native of Peshawar, he held the office of Diwanbegi in Kunduz under Murad Beg. He was said to have dominated trade between India and Turan in this period. A tax farmer, he purchased the right to collect taxes on the Kabul–Bukhara caravans. Unusually for a Hindu in an Islamic state, he was even permitted to own Muslim slaves.
There is a coloured lithograph of Atma Ram based on the work of James Rattray at the time of the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838–1842).
References
- ^ "Atmaran, Hindoo of Peshawar". Retrieved 15 July 2023.
"Atmaran, Hindoo of Peshawar" is the title of a coloured lithograph made by E. Walker (d. 1882), based on the work of James Rattray (1818-1854), who was based in Afghanistan during the First Anglo-Afghan war (1838-1842). Atmaram was a Hindu from Peshawar in modern northern Pakistan, who had become the 'minister' of a local Muslim and Uzbek ruler in northern Afghanistan, Mohammad Murad Beg of Kunduz.
- Scott Cameron Levi, The Indian Diaspora in Central Asia and Its Trade, 1550–1900 (Brill, 2002), pp. 162–163.
 | This article about an Afghan politician is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |