Amanullah Khan
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Ghazi Amanullah Khan Barakzai was Emir of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1926, and then King of Afghanistan from 1926 until his abdication in 1929. After the end of the Third Anglo-Afghan War in August 1919
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Amanullah at a young age
By 1921, banditry was dramatically curtailed in Afghanistan by harsh punishment, such as being imprisoned in suspended cages and left to die.
The Minar-e-Elm-wa-Jahil (Minaret of Knowledge and Ignorance) erected in Kabul by Amanullah Khan to commemorate the victory over the Khost rebellion of 1924-1925.
Inayatullah Khan
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Inayatullah Khan Barakzai was the King of Afghanistan for three days in January 1929. He was the son of former Afghan Emir, Habibullah Khan. Inayatullah's brief reign ended with his abdication.
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…hunting trip to Afghanistan's Laghman Province. Among those in his retinue were his brother Nasrullah Khan, Habibullah's first son from his first wife Inayatullah, and Habibullah's commander-in-chief Nadir Khan. On the evening of 20 February 1919, Habibullah was shot in the head by an unknown assassin while…
Inayatullah Khan in 1929
Inayatullah with family