Amanullah Khan
King and Emir of Afghanistan (1892-1960) · Afghanistan · Historical Figures · Died at 67
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Something wrong?He broke Afghanistan free from British influence in 1919 and then tried to yank the country toward the West - schools, rights, secular reform - faster than it would go. The backlash cost him the throne.
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1-2-28, Painlevé (et) le roi d'Afghanistan (à gauche) à l'Institut de coopération intellectuelle - btv1b53196078t
Bundesarchiv Bild 102-05511, Berlin, König von Afghanistan in TH
23-1-28, les souverains d'Afghanistan à Nice - btv1b53195680k
25-1-28, les souverains d'Afghanistan à l'Hôtel de ville - btv1b53195704f
26-1-28, les souverains d'Afghanistan à Versailles - btv1b53195709p
26-1-28, les souverains d'Afghanistan à Versailles
27-1-28, le roi d'Afghanistan aux Invalides - btv1b53195716rAwards
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Amanullah Khan became Emir in 1919 and within months ended the Third Anglo-Afghan War, severing Afghanistan's protected status under the United Kingdom and claiming full sovereignty. He declared himself King in 1926 and pushed sweeping modernization - Western-style institutions, social liberalization - that alienated conservative and tribal power centers. In January 1929, an uprising led by Habibullah Kalakani forced him to abdicate and flee to British India as civil war spread. He spent three decades in European exile, eventually dying in Zürich on 26 April 1960. His body was returned and buried in Jalalabad beside his father.
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