in order to placate the shinwaris, amanullah issues a proclamation cancelling most of his reforms, such as the education of women, and the introduction of conscription and european dress, and also promises to appoint a council, including clergy, nobles, and officials, to assist him in revising the law, and in reviewing the decisions of the popular assembly. but his efforts are now too late to save him. when bacha-i-saqao resumes the offensive on january 9 amanullah is able, with the help of russian airmen, to ward off his attacks, but the shinwaris clamour for further concessions, and in fact seem determined upon his dethronement. feeling himself powerless to resist them, amanullah, on january 14, abdicates in favour of his elder brother, inayatullah khan, who for the previous ten years had lived a private life. soon after, he succeeds in making his way to kandahar, where the tribesmen are still loyal to his house, and where he had sent his queen souriyah some time before. the change of monarchs only hastens the fall of the dynasty. bacha-i-saqao continues to press his attack on kabul and by january 17 succeeds in gaining possession of the city. inayatullah immediately abdicates, after a reign of three days, and bacha-i-saqao declares himself "amir", with the name of habibullah ghazi. inayatullah is allowed to retire in safety with the members of his household, being conveyed, with them, by british aeroplanes to peshawar, and he soon after joins his brother in kandahar.