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Kingdom of Afghanistan

Kingdom of Afghanistan
د افغانستان واکمنان
Dǝ Afġānistān wākmanān
پادشاهي افغانستان,
Pādešāhī-ye Afġānistān
1926–1973
Flag Emblem
Capital Kabul
Languages Pashto, Persian
Religion Sunni Islam
Government Constitutional monarchy
King
 •  1926–1929 Amanullah Khan
 •  1929 Inayatullah Khan
 •  1929 Habibullāh Kalakāni
 •  1929–1933 Mohammed Nadir Shah
 •  1933–1973 Mohammed Zahir Shah
Prime Minister
 •  1929–1946 Mohammad Khan (first)
 •  1972–1973 Mohammad Shafiq (last)
Legislature Loya Jirga
Historical era Interwar Period · Cold War
 •  Succeeds Afghan emirate 9 June 1926
 •  Monarchy abolished 17 July 1973
Area
 •  1973 647,500 km² (250,001 sq mi)
Population
 •  1973 est. 11,966,400 
     Density 18.5 /km²  (47.9 /sq mi)
Currency Afghan afghani
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Emirate of Afghanistan
Republic of Afghanistan
Today part of  Afghanistan

The Kingdom of Afghanistan (Pashto: د افغانستان واکمنان‎, Dǝ Afġānistān wākmanān; Persian: پادشاهي افغانستان, Pādešāhī-ye Afġānistān) was a constitutional monarchy in southern and central Asia established in 1926 as a successor state to the Emirate of Afghanistan. It was proclaimed by its first king, Amanullah Khan, seven years after his accession to the throne.

Amanullah Khan was keen on modernizing the country, resulting in conservative forces causing social upheaval on a number of occasions. When he was visiting Europe in 1927, rebellion broke out again. He abdicated in favour of his brother Inayatullah Khan who only ruled for three days before the leader of the tribal rebellion Habibullah Kalakani took power and reinstated the Emirate.

After 10 months, Amanullah Khan's Minister of War, Mohammed Nadir, returned from exile in India. His British-supported armies sacked Kabul, forcing Habibullah Kalakani to discuss a truce. Instead, Mohammed Nadir's forces apprehended and subsequently executed Kalakani. Mohammed Nadir reinstated the kingdom, was proclaimed King of Afghanistan in October 1929, and went on to revert the reformist path of the last king, Amanullah Khan. He was succeeded by his son, Mohammed Zahir Shah, whose rule started in 1933 and lasted for 39 years. Mohammed Zahir Shah, the last King of Afghanistan, was eventually overthrown by his own cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan who successfully ended the centuries-old monarchy and established a republican Afghan government. It was under the leadership of Zahir Shah that the Afghan government sought relationships with the outside world, most notably with the Soviet Union, United Kingdom and the United States.


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