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    ISBN 9781558761544. Kalakāni, Habibullāh (1990). "Chapter 1 - A village in Kohistan". My Life: from Brigand to King: Autobiography of Amir Habibullah. Octagon Press...
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    opponents led by Habibullāh Kalakāni rose up against his rule and new western inspired modernisation policies. On 14 December 1928 Kalakani, a leader of the...
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    from January to October 1929. Habibullāh Kalakāni became the state's only emir on 18 January 1929. After the fall of Kalakāni on 13 October 1929, the Emirate...
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    Rebelling, and subsequently governing Saqqawist (Saqāwīhā) forces under Habibullāh Kalakāni fought against various opposing tribes and rival monarchs in the...
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  • and statesman Habibullah Khan (1872–1919), King of Afghanistan Habibullāh Kalakāni (ca. 1890–1929), Emir of Afghanistan Khwaja Habibullah (1895–1958),...
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    Afghanistan who were active from 1924 to 1931. They were led by Habibullāh Kalakāni, and in January 1929, they managed to take control of the capital...
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    Kandahar. Habibullāh Kalakāni and his followers chased Amanullah's Rolls-Royce on horseback but Amanullah managed to escape. With the King gone, Kalakani wrote...
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    role in destabilizing Amani government and they started to support Habibullāh Kalakāni. After growing up in India, Nadir Khan first went to Afghanistan...
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    to power in Afghanistan during the Afghan Civil War (1928–1929), Habibullāh Kalakāni allowed Basmachi insurgents to operate in northern Afghanistan, who...
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    Kalakāni captured Kabul, as the date that his reign began. However, he had been formally claiming the title of emir since 14 December 1928. Kalakāni referred...
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  • Afghanistan into Tajikistan during the short reign of the Afghan Emir Habibullāh Kalakāni. In this raid his forces briefly captured the town of Garm in central...
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  • Afghan Saqqawist politician who served as minister of defence under Habibullāh Kalakāni during the Afghan Civil War of 1928–29, and briefly became the leader...
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    Inayatullah Khan was forced to surrendered control of Kabul and Arg to Habibullāh Kalakāni on 18 January 1929, Ali was declared as a lawful Amir of Afghanistan...
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    Habibullah Khan (Pashto/Dari: حبيب الله خان ; 3 June 1872 – 20 February 1919) was the Emir of Afghanistan from 1901 until his assassination in 1919. He...
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    under Habibullāh Kalakāni established government of Emirate of Afghanistan on 17 January 1929. Flag flown under the brief rule of Habibullah Kalakani – a...
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    after the execution of the self-proclaimed ruler of Afghanistan Habibullah Kalakani on 1 November 1929. Mohammad Zahir's father, son of Sardar Mohammad...
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    Minister of Defence from January to March 1929. He was appointed by Habibullāh Kalakāni immediately following the capture of Kabul in January 1929 during...
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  • Mohammadzai. He was a brother of King Mohammad Nadir Shah, who ousted Habibullāh Kalakāni (also known as Bacha-ye Saqao), and uncle of both Zahir Shah and...
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    provinces of Pakistan as a successor state of British India. In 1905, Amir Habibullah Khan signed a new agreement with the United Kingdom which confirmed the...
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    he has given me everything I desired. God has made me King." — Habibullāh Kalakāni, claimant of the titles of King and Emir of Afghanistan (1 November...
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    who only ruled for three days before the leader of the rebellion Habibullāh Kalakāni took power and reinstated the Emirate. After 10 months, Amanullah...
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  • Afghan leader King Amanullah lose power to the Saqqawists under Habibullāh Kalakāni. Kalakani's rule, however, only lasted nine months. Nadir Shah replaced...
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    cycle of extreme violence broke out in Afghanistan when the Tajik Habibullāh Kalakāni became emir. The British official Humphreys wrote: "None was safe...
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    900 Abdur Rahman Khan 88,400 88,400 Habibullah Khan 20,000 4,000 Amanullah Khan 10,000 10,000 Habibullāh Kalakāni 20,000 4,000 Mohammed Nadir Shah 72...
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    1874, the second of three sons of Abdur Rahman Khan. His brothers were Habibullah Khan who was his elder brother and Mohammed Omar Khan. Nasrullah's birth...
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    in the north eventually managed to depose Amanullah, leading to Habibullāh Kalakāni taking control of Kabul. Mohammed Nadir Khan became King of Afghanistan...
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    was born in Nuristan. He fought against the insurgent forces of Habibullāh Kalakāni and was buried on the same plateau where Afghan king Amanullah Khan...
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  • 1929, during the events of the Afghan Civil War (1928–1929), when Habibullāh Kalakāni took control of Kabul. "Afghanistan Provinces". www.statoids.com...
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    the Saqqawist Coup led by Habibullah Kalakani. With support from the royal family, the Telai cadet branch killed Kalakani and re-established the second...
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    the monarchs of Afghanistan have been ethnic Pashtuns (except for Habibullāh Kalakāni in 1929). Persian, the literary language of the royal court, was...
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