What is Amānullāh Khān?
[[File:King Amanullah of Afghanistan.jpg|thumb|King Amanullah of Afghanistan]] '''Ghazi Amanullah Khan''' ([[Pashto]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Urdu]], [[Arabic language|Arabic]]: {{Nastaliq|أمان اللہ خان}}) (1 June 1892 – 25 April 1960) was the [[Sovereign]] of [[Afghanistan]] from 1919 to 1929. He was first an [[Emir]] and after 1926 the [[King]].<ref name=Iranica>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Poullada |first=L. B. |encyclopedia= [[Encyclopædia Iranica]]|title= AMĀNALLĀH|url= http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/amanallah-1892-1961-ruler-of-afghanistan-1919-29-first-with-the-title-of-amir-and-from-1926-on-with-that-of-shah |edition= Online|publisher= [[Columbia University]]|location= United States}}</ref> He led [[Afghanistan]] to freedom from the [[United Kingdom]]. He was the first Afghan ruler to make the country more modern. [[Habibullah Kalakani]] and his followers fought against Khan. On 14 January 1929, Amanullah went to then neighboring [[British India]]. Afghanistan fell into [[Afghan Civil War (1928–1929)|a civil war (1928–1929)]]. From British India he went to [[Europe]] where he died in [[Zürich]], [[Switzerland]], in 1960. == References == {{Reflist}} {{bio-stub}} [[Category:1892 births]] [[Category:1960 deaths]] [[Category:Monarchs of Afghanistan]]