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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Emirate of Afghanistan canonical	24
Kingdom of Afghanistan	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afghan state ⓘ historical state ⓘ monarchy ⓘ
achievedFullIndependence	1919 ⓘ
borderedBy	British India ⓘ Bukhara, Uzbekistan ⓘ surface form: Bukhara Persia ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ
capital	Kabul ⓘ
centralization	laid foundations of modern Afghan state ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
coreTerritory	Kabul region ⓘ Kandahar Province ⓘ surface form: Kandahar region
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
currency	Afghan rupee ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Afghanistan ⓘ surface form: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
notableEvent	First Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
officialLanguage	Pashto language ⓘ surface form: Pashto Persian ⓘ
politicalSystem	hereditary monarchy ⓘ
predecessor	Durrani Empire ⓘ
recognizedIndependenceBy	United Kingdom ⓘ
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 (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Durrani Empire → successor → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Second Anglo-Afghan War → conflictBetween → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Second Anglo-Afghan War → belligerent → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Anglo-Afghan Wars → mainBelligerent → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kingdom of Afghanistan

Afghanistan–Pakistan border → definedBetween → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Panjdeh incident → countryAtTime → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Panjdeh incident → opponent → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Panjdeh incident → belligerent → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Abdur Rahman Khan → monarchOf → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Treaty of Gandamak → signedByParty → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Battle of Ali Masjid → belligerent → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Battle of Kandahar (1880) → hasParticipant → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Battle of Kandahar (1880) → belligerent → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Battle of Peiwar Kotal → belligerent → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Battle of Maiwand → belligerent → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Battle of Maiwand → opponentOf → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

First Anglo-Afghan War → belligerent → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Dost Mohammad Khan → headOfGovernment → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Third Anglo-Afghan War → belligerent → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Amanullah Khan → birthPlace → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Durand Agreement → betweenParty → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Durand Agreement → countryAtTime → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Kingdom of Afghanistan → predecessor → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ

Afghan nationalism → associatedWithCountry → Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ