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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.
Nasrullah Khan Barakzai, sometimes spelt as Nasr Ullah Khan, was shahzada of Afghanistan and second son of Emir Abdur Rahman Khan. He held the throne of Afghanistan as Emir for one week, from 21 to 28
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…leaders. In February 1919, Emir Habibullah Khan went on a 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…
Nasrullah Khan in 1919
Prince and Marshal Nasrullah in his youth
Nashrullah Khan during his father's reign having a tooth extracted in front of the soldiers of his father's army
Prince Nasrullah with others