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Amanullah

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Amanullah , 1892-1960, emir (1919-26) and king (1926-29) of Afghanistan. To win popular support for his rule he invaded India in an attempt to free Afghanistan from British-ruled India. No serious fighting occurred, however, and the Treaty of Rawalpindi was soon signed (1919). He attempted to introduce a number of Western reforms and changed the country from an emirate to a kingdom. His subjects rebelled against his program, and he fled the country in 1929. He remained in exile in Switzerland until his death. Bibliography: See study by L. B. Poullada (1973). Author not available,... Read more
Afghanistan
...the relationship between its ethnically and religiously heterogeneous social groups. Formally independent from 1919, King Amanullah introduced a number of reforms designed to introduce Western norms and practices into a traditional, Islamic society. Islamic... Read more
Anglo-Afghan Wars
...further campaigns were fought before the British withdrawal. The third war was fought in 1919, when the new amir of Afghanistan, Amanullah, attacked British India and, although repulsed, secured the independence of Afghanistan through the Treaty of Rawalpindi... Read more

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