Habibullah Khan
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Habibullah Khan Barakzai was the Emir of Afghanistan from 1901 until his assassination in 1919 by Shuja al-Dawla Ghorbandi. He was the eldest son of the Emir Abdur Rahman Khan, whom he succeeded by ri
Formal portrait, c. 1901–1919
King Habibullah Khan with Afghan soldiers
Shuja Shah Durrani and Men in his decorated palace Wellcome V0050531
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
Habibullah Khan
…numerous people, including associates of Mahmud Tarzi such as AbdulRahman Ludin, and AbdulHadi Dawai. Mustufi Husain also identified Habibullah's son, Amanullah Khan as being involved. This was, however, disregarded entirely. With the winter of 1918—1919 approaching, as well as a Spanish flu outbreak in Kabul…
King Amanullah Khan
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.