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Amanullah Khan ( Pashto, Persian, Urdu, Arabic: ) ( June 1, 1892 – April 25, 1960 ) was the Sovereign of the Kingdom of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929, first as Emir and after 1926 as Malik ( King ).
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Abdur Rahman could only succeed in subjugating Hazaras and conquering their land when he effectively utilized internal differences within the Hazara community, co-opting sold-out Hazara chiefs into his bureaucratic sales of the enslaved Hazara men, women and children in 1897, the Hazaras remained de facto slaves until King Amanullah Khan declared Afghanistan's independence in 1919.
Amanullah Khan | King Amanullah, third son of Habibullah Khan.
He had not declared a succession, but left his third son, Amanullah Khan, in charge in Kabul.
Amanullah did have an older brother, Nasrullah Khan.
All of these influences, brought by Tarzi and others, were welcomed by Amanullah Khan.
In 1927 and 1928, King Amanullah Khan and his wife Soraya Tarzi visited Europe.
On 14 January 1929, Amanullah abdicated in favor of his brother, King Inayatullah Khan.
Nadir Khan accused Amanullah Khan of kufr with his pro western policies.
* Reforms of Amanullah Khan and civil war
Some of the major national development projects include the New Kabul City next to the capital, the Ghazi Amanullah Khan City east of Jalalabad, and the Aino Mena in Kandahar.
King Amanullah Khan
King Amanullah Khan moved to end his country's traditional isolation in the years following the Third Anglo-Afghan war.
Prince Mohammed Nadir Khan, cousin of Amanullah Khan, in turn defeated and executed Habibullah Kalakani in early November 1929.
He abandoned the reforms of Amanullah Khan in favour of a more gradual approach to modernisation.
Mausoleum of King Amanullah Khan
About 15 Kilometers from Jalalabad a new city called Ghazi Amanullah Khan City is under development.
Named after King Amanullah Khan, it is said to be the first, the biggest and the most modern city in the history of Afghanistan.
** Mausoleum of King Amanullah Khan
* Ghazi Amanullah Khan City on YouTube
In the early 20th century King Amanullah Khan rose to power.
Amanullah and June
* June 1 – Amanullah Khan, ruler of Afghanistan ( d. 1960 )
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On September 1, 1928, King Amanullah convoked the Loya Jirga to Paghman to the puzzlement of many delegates, who found themselves at odds with the dress-code and modernization of the country.
On September 1, 1928, King Amanullah convoked the Loya Jirga to Paghman to the puzzlement of many delegates, who found themselves at odds with the dress-code.
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* 1969 – East Pakistani police kill student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman.
From Amanullah until the reign of Mohammed Zahir Shah ( 1933 – 1973 ) and Mohammed Daoud Khan ( 1973 – 1978 ) the Jirga was recognized as a common meeting of regional Pashtun leaders.
* September 1928 — A jirga at Paghman, called by King Amanullah, the third loya jirga of his reign ( 1919 – 1929 ) to discuss reforms.
* February 28 – Amanullah Khan becomes King of Afghanistan.
In 1923, Amanullah responded by taking the title padshah – " king " – and by offering refuge for Muslims who fled the Soviet Union, and Indian nationalists in exile from the Raj.
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– Amanullah Shah
– Reforms of Amanullah Khan and civil war
They rose up on several occasions against Amanullah Shah ( 1919 – 1929 ), for example, in protest against reforms they believed to be western intrusions inimical to Islam.
* Amanullah Jahanbani ( 1895 – 1974 ), Iranian senior general of Reza Shah Pahlavi
* Amanullah Sailaab Sapi ( 1933 – 1979 ), Afghan poet and writer
* Amanullah Asaduzzaman ( 1942 – 1969 ), Bengali student activist killed by police
After his 1927 – 1928 tour of Europe, India and Iran, King Amanullah brought in foreign experts to redesign Kabul.
Amanullah and April
Needing a way of cementing his power, upon seizing the throne in April 1919, Amanullah posed himself a man of democratic ideals, promising reforms in the system of government.
On April 13, 1919, Amanullah held a Durbar ( a royal court ) in Kabul which inquired into the death of Habibullah.
Amanullah and 1960
Amanullah Khan died in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1960.
A firebrand leader, Amanullah Khan joined the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen in 1960.
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But, because Amanullah controlled both the national treasury and the army, Amanullah was well situated to seize power.
This came through the influence of Mahmud Tarzi, who was both Amanullah Khan's father-in-law and Foreign Minister.
King Amanullah was so impressed with the social progress of Europe that he tried to implement them right away, this met with heavy resistance from the conservative sect and eventually lead to his demise.
A key force behind these reforms was Mahmud Tarzi, Amanullah Khan's Foreign Minister and father-in-law — and an ardent supporter of the education of women.
Faced with overwhelming armed opposition, Amanullah was forced to abdicate in January 1929 after Kabul fell to forces led by Habibullah Kalakani.
Seraj-ul-Emarat, the residence of Amir Habibullah and King Amanullah was destroyed in 1929 when Habibullah Kalakani rose to power ; the other sanctuaries however, retain vestiges of the past.
It was modernized during King Amanullah Khan's rule in the early 20th century, and upgraded during King Zahir Shah's forty year rule.
He was the son of Mohammed Nadir Shah, a senior member of the Barakzai royal family and commander in chief of the Afghan army under former king Amanullah Khan.
The Soviets, for their part, desired to extract more from the friendship treaty than Amanullah was willing to give.
The United Kingdom imposed minor sanctions and diplomatic slights as a response to the treaty, fearing that Amanullah was slipping out of their sphere of influence and realising that the policy of the Afghanistan government was to have control of all of the Pashtun speaking groups on both sides of the Durand Line.
In 1925, a 200 watt Russian transmitter operating at AM 833 kHz was installed in Kabul Palace by King Amanullah Khan.
Broadcasting did not resume until Radio Kabul opened in 1940 .< ref > Mikalina < small > Radio broadcasting was initiated in 1925 during the reign of Amanullah.
For whatever reason the attack had been launched ahead of schedule, however, for Amanullah had intended initially to time it to coincide with an uprising that was being planned in Peshawar for 8 May.
Although Amanullah continued to profess that he had no untoward intentions, Roos-Keppel decided that it was prudent to continue the advance and ordered the army to pursue the Afghans across the border.
On 13 May British and Indian troops seized control of the western Khyber without opposition and occupied Dacca, however, the British camp was poorly sited for defence and as a consequence they came under an intense long-range artillery barrage from Afghan artillery before Amanullah launched an infantry assault on them.
Amanullah was already installed as the governor of Kabul and was in control of the army and the treasury, and gained the allegiance of most of the tribal leaders.
This effect was inconsistent, but generally favorable for Afghanistan ; Amanullah was even able to establish a limited Afghan Air Force consisting of donated Soviet planes.
After a long struggle, finally the rebellion of 1929 was staged where King Amanullah Khan lost his rule to the country's conservatives.
It was built in 1922 during the reign of King Amanullah Khan.
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