Amanullah

Amanullah Shah (born with Paghman on June 1st 1892 - died with Swiss Zurich in the April 25th 1960) reigned of February 28th 1919 at January 14th 1929 on Afghanistan

The prince Amanullah is suspected of having killed his father Habibullah in order to seize the power, but certain sources show the British to have organized the murder. It seized the power with the assistance of the army and against the will of his brothers and uncles, and started his reign by the third anglo-Afghan war, that the Afghans regard as their war of independence.

It carried out its country in one decade of development, based on the European model, and created three colleges in foreign language, in particular the Esteqlal college in 1923 (" Esteqlal" mean independence). But he wanted to go too quickly and tried to abolish the veil for the women, to prohibit polygamy, and to force the Afghans of Kabul to wear European clothing. He even dared to publish a decree prohibiting the marriage of the young girls before the 9 years age.

Finally, its reforms caused a revolt strongly encouraged by the religious leaders (olama), and Amanullah had to flee the country précipitemment.

His/her niece, Zeynep Tarzi, are the wife of Osman Ertuğrul Efendi, current chief of the Othoman dynasty.

It Maria with Soraya Tarzi, the girl of Mahmoud Beg Tarzi, Foreign Minister and of Asma Rasmiya Tarzi. Together, they strongly contributed to the emancipation of the Afghan woman. Together, in 1927 and 1928, they travelled through Europe where they were honoured and celebrated.

He died in 1960 and she died in 1968: they were buried in the family mausoleum with Jalalabad.

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