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The Kingdom of Afghanistan (Pashto: د افغانستان شاهي دولت, romanized: Dǝ Afġānistān Šahi Dawlat; Dari: پادشاهی افغانستان, romanized: Pādešāhī-ye Afġānistān) was a monarchy in Central Asia that was established in 1926 as a successor state to the Emirate of Afghanistan.
Afterwards the Barakzai dynasty regained power, eventually transformed the Emirate into the Kingdom of Afghanistan in 1926, and ruled the country (with an interruption in 1929) until the last king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, was deposed in the 1973 coup d'état, led by his first cousin Mohammad Daoud Khan.
Mohammad Zahir Shah [a] (15 October 1914 – 23 July 2007) was the last King of Afghanistan, reigning from 8 November 1933 until he was deposed on 17 July 1973. [2] Ruling for 40 years, Zahir Shah was the longest-serving ruler of Afghanistan since the foundation of the Durrani Empire in the 18th century.
Map of Afghanistan and surrounding nations, dated 1860. Map of Afghanistan 1839–1863, showing the First Anglo-Afghan war, and unification of Afghanistan by Dost Mohammad Khan King Yaqub Khan with Britain's Sir Pierre Louis Napoleon Cavagnari, 26 May 1879, on the occasion of the signing of the Treaty of Gandamak
1961 Postage Stamp of Nadir Shah Mohammed Nadir Khan, King of Afghanistan from 1929 to 1933. Nadir Khan was born on 9 April 1883 in Dehradun, British India, in the Musahiban branch of the Royal dynasty of Afghanistan (of the Mohammadzai section of Barakzai Pashtuns). His father was Mohammad Yusuf Khan, and his mother was Sharaf Sultana Hukumat ...
Predigree of King Dost Mohammad Khan of Afghanistan. Figure shows the branching of the Abdal dynasty into the Popal (founder of the Popalzai ; in figure spelled 'Fofal'), Barak (founder of the Barakzai ), and Alako (founder of the Alakozai ) line (the fourth branch Achakzai is missing).
Shah (king) Saddozay dynasty of Popalzay: 8 May 1839 to 5 April 1842: Shuja Shah Durrani: 2nd Term 1841 to April 1842: Mohammad Zaman Khan Mohammadzay (regent) In rebellion Emirs: Saddozay dynasty of Popalzay: 29 June 1842 to 12 October 1842: Fath Jang Khan: 12 October 1842 to December 1842: Shahpur Khan: Mohammadzay dynasty of Barakzay ...
Establishment of the Zunbil dynasty in present southern Afghanistan region, with its capital in Ghazni. 683: Turk Shahi king routs the Arab army of the Umayyad Caliphate led by Yazid ibn Ziyad, who is killed in battle and an Arab invasion is decisively repulsed. [10] 698: Zunbil king defeats an Arab 'Army of Destruction' led by Ubayd Allah b ...