Alexander the Great
This factoid is not particularly relevant to your post, but as far as I know, the only person to conquer Afghanistan was Alexander the Great. Of course, he only lived a few more years, so it's not clear if he could have held it. He must have made an impression on the locals, though. Village bards still sing long poems bout "Iskander", commmitted to memory and passed from singer to singer for the last 2300 years. Those people have a long memory.