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Amanullah Khan

1892 - 1960

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Ghazi Amanullah Khan (Pashto/Dari: غازی امان الله خان; 1 June 1892 – 26 April 1960) was the sovereign of Afghanistan from 1919, first as Emir and after 1926 as King, until his abdication in 1929. After the end of the Third Anglo-Afghan War in August 1919, Afghanistan was able to relinquish its protected state status to proclaim independence and pursue an independent foreign policy free from the influence of the United Kingdom. His rule was marked by dramatic political and social change, including attempts to modernise Afghanistan along Western lines. He did not fully succeed in achieving this objective due to an uprising by Habibullah Kalakani and his followers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amanullah Khan is the 1,076th most popular politician (up from 1,870th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 15th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Afghan Politician.

Amanullah Khan was the ruler of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929. He was the first king of Afghanistan to be born in the country. He was a reformer and tried to modernize the country. He is most famous for being the first king of Afghanistan.

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Among politicians, Amanullah Khan ranks 1,076 out of 19,576. Before him are Alberto Fujimori, Basil I, Ḫattušili III, Anne of Brittany, Attalus I, and Zachary Taylor. After him are Nikolai Bukharin, Hasan Akhund, Shoshenq I, Irma Grese, Baldwin I of Jerusalem, and Peter I of Serbia.

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Among people born in 1892, Amanullah Khan ranks 16. Before him are Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Pearl S. Buck, Manfred von Richthofen, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, and Alexander Alekhine. After him are Sepp Dietrich, Arthur Compton, Arthur Honegger, Theodor Eicke, Ferdinand Schörner, and Engelbert Dollfuss. Among people deceased in 1960, Amanullah Khan ranks 7. Before him are Albert Camus, Boris Pasternak, Max von Laue, Clark Gable, Erich Raeder, and Albert Kesselring. After him are Wilhelm Pieck, Melanie Klein, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Paula Hitler, Walther Funk, and A. L. Kroeber.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Amanullah Khan ranks 10 out of 177. Before him are Ashraf Ghani (1949), Roxana (-347), Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722), Abbas the Great (1571), Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914), and Hamid Karzai (1957). After him are Hasan Akhund (1945), Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940), Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909), Mohammad Najibullah (1947), Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953), and Dost Mohammad Khan (1793).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Amanullah Khan ranks 7. Before him are Mahmud of Ghazni (971), Ashraf Ghani (1949), Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722), Abbas the Great (1571), Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914), and Hamid Karzai (1957). After him are Hasan Akhund (1945), Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940), Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909), Mohammad Najibullah (1947), Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953), and Dost Mohammad Khan (1793).

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