Amanullah Khan

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Amanullah Khan was the reformist king of Afghanistan (1919–1929) who secured the country’s full independence from British influence and attempted rapid modernization.

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Amanullah Khan canonical 7
Amanullah 1
King Amanullah Khan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf King of Afghanistan
human
birthDate 1892-06-01
birthPlace Emirate of Afghanistan
Paghman
causeOfEndOfReign rebellion led by Habibullah Kalakani
countryOfCitizenship Afghanistan
deathDate 1960-04-25
deathPlace Switzerland
Zurich
surface form: Zürich
endTime 1929-01-14
ethnicGroup Pashtuns
surface form: Pashtun
familyName Khan
father Habibullah Khan
givenName Amanullah Khan self-linksurface differs
surface form: Amanullah
house Barakzai dynasty
knownFor Treaty of Rawalpindi (1919)
surface form: Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919

Third Anglo-Afghan War
attempted rapid Western-style modernization
introducing a new constitution in Afghanistan
modernization reforms in Afghanistan
moving the capital to Kabul as a modern administrative center
promoting women’s education
securing Afghanistan’s full independence from British influence
social and educational reforms
languageSpoken Persian language
surface form: Dari Persian

Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
memberOf Barakzai dynasty
monarchOf Afghanistan
mother Ulya Hazrat
notableWork Reforms of the 1923 Constitution of Afghanistan
opponent British Empire
politicalIdeology modernism
reformism
positionHeld Amir of Afghanistan
surface form: Emir of Afghanistan

Amir of Afghanistan
surface form: King of Afghanistan
predecessor Habibullah Khan
religion Islam
residence Kabul
Paghman
exile in Italy
exile in Switzerland
sexOrGender male
significantEvent Third Anglo-Afghan War
surface form: Afghan War of Independence (1919)

Afghan civil conflict leading to his abdication in 1929
Third Anglo-Afghan War
spouse Soraya Tarzi
startTime 1919-02-28
successor Habibullah Kalakani
Inayatullah Khan

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Anglo-Afghan Wars significantPerson Amanullah Khan
Emirate of Afghanistan lastRuler Amanullah Khan
Darul Aman Palace commissionedBy Amanullah Khan
this entity surface form: King Amanullah Khan
Third Anglo-Afghan War commander Amanullah Khan
Amanullah Khan givenName Amanullah Khan self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Amanullah
Kingdom of Afghanistan firstMonarch Amanullah Khan
Kingdom of Afghanistan monarch Amanullah Khan
Barakzai dynasty notableMember Amanullah Khan