Emirate of Afghanistan

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Afghan state historical state monarchy

The Emirate of Afghanistan was a 19th-century Afghan state that emerged after the decline of the Durrani Empire and laid the foundations of the modern Afghan nation under centralized monarchical rule.

Aliases (1)

Kingdom of Afghanistan ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afghan state → historical state → monarchy →
achievedFullIndependence	1919 →
borderedBy	British India → Bukhara → Persia → Russian Empire →
capital	Kabul →
centralization	laid foundations of modern Afghan state →
continent	Asia →
coreTerritory	Kabul region → Kandahar region →
country	Afghanistan →
currency	Afghani rupee →
endDate	1926 →
era	19th century → early 20th century →
ethnicMajority	Pashtuns →
firstRuler	Dost Mohammad Khan →
flagDescription	black flag in much of its existence →
foreignRelations	British Empire → Qajar Iran → Russian Empire →
governmentType	absolute monarchy →
headOfStateTitle	Emir →
historicalRole	successor to the Durrani Empire in Afghanistan →
lastRuler	Amanullah Khan →
legalSystem	Islamic law (Sharia) →
modernTerritoryCorrespondsTo	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan → Islamic Republic of Afghanistan →
notableEvent	First Anglo-Afghan War → Second Anglo-Afghan War → Third Anglo-Afghan War →
officialLanguage	Pashto → Persian →
politicalSystem	hereditary monarchy →
predecessor	Durrani Empire →
recognizedIndependenceBy	United Kingdom NERFINISHED →
region	Central Asia → South Asia →
religion	Sunni Islam →
rulingDynasty	Barakzai dynasty →
sovereigntyStatus	buffer state between British and Russian empires →
startDate	1823 →
stateReligion	Islam →
successor	Kingdom of Afghanistan →
treaty	Treaty of Gandamak → Treaty of Rawalpindi (1919) →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anglo-Afghan Wars → Anglo-Afghan Wars ("Kingdom of Afghanistan") →	mainBelligerent
Second Anglo-Afghan War →	belligerent
Second Anglo-Afghan War →	conflictBetween
Afghanistan–Pakistan border →	definedBetween
Durrani Empire →	successor