Amir of Afghanistan

E802348
monarch monarchical title

The Amir of Afghanistan was the traditional title for the sovereign ruler of Afghanistan during the 18th to early 20th centuries, combining political and military leadership over the country.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Emir of Afghanistan 5
Shah of Afghanistan 3
Amir of Afghanistan canonical 2

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monarch ⓘ
monarchical title ⓘ
abolishedOrTransformed early 20th century ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedDynasty Barakzai dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Durrani dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
countryRuled Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstHolder Ahmad Shah Durrani NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentFormAssociated absolute monarchy ⓘ
hasRole military leader ⓘ
political leader ⓘ
sovereign ruler ⓘ
languageOfTitle Pashto NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
literalMeaning commander ⓘ
prince ⓘ
notableHolder Abdur Rahman Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ahmad Shah Durrani NERFINISHED ⓘ
Amanullah Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dost Mohammad Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Habibullah Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sher Ali Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ
powerBasis military force ⓘ
religious legitimacy ⓘ
tribal support ⓘ
predecessorTitle local tribal rulers of Afghan polities ⓘ
region Central Asia ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
religionAssociated Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy King of Afghanistan in 1926 ⓘ
seatOfPower Kabul NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorTitle King of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
President of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
titleStyle Amir al-Mu’minin (in some periods) NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfMonarch hereditary ruler ⓘ
usedInPeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Sher Ali Khan → positionHeld → Amir of Afghanistan ⓘ
Yakub Khan → positionHeld → Amir of Afghanistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emir of Afghanistan
Dost Mohammad Khan → positionHeld → Amir of Afghanistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emir of Afghanistan
Amanullah Khan → positionHeld → Amir of Afghanistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emir of Afghanistan
Amanullah Khan → positionHeld → Amir of Afghanistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Afghanistan
Durand Agreement → signedByRepresentativeOf → Amir of Afghanistan ⓘ
Ahmad Shah Durrani mausoleum in Kandahar → associatedWithTitle → Amir of Afghanistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Father of the Nation of Afghanistan
Barakzai dynasty → titleOfRuler → Amir of Afghanistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Afghanistan
Ahmad Shah Abdali → hasTitle → Amir of Afghanistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shah of Afghanistan
Zaman Shah → title → Amir of Afghanistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shah of Afghanistan
Zaman Shah → positionHeld → Amir of Afghanistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emir of Afghanistan
Gulrukh Begum → spousePosition → Amir of Afghanistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emir of Afghanistan
Sadozai → hasTitleHolder → Amir of Afghanistan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shah of Afghanistan