King Amanullah Khan and Queen Soraya Tarzi with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

 

King Amanullah Khan receives Doctor of Civil Laws degree at Oxford, 1928

 

King Amanullah Khan with Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Turkey, May 1928

 

King Amanullah Khan with Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Turkey, May 1928. Via Farrukh Husain (@silkroad.booksandphotos)

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Photo of the Afghan tribal leaders of Loya Jirga who were forced to wear European dress by King Amanullah Khan in 1928

Photograph of the assembly of tribal representatives at the Loya Jirgah on the 2nd of September, 1928. King Amanullah Khan and Queen Suraya are shown surrounded by subjects who have been forced to wear European dress for the first time in their lives.

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Such compulsory modernization lead to King Amanullah's overthrow a few months later, when Habibullah Kalakani led an uprising against the King and his attempts at westernization.

King Amanullah Khan addresses the crowd for the inauguration of the national holiday jashn-e esteqlal in Paghman, 1926.

Amir Amanullah Khan in military uniform, 1922

Amir Amanullah Khan in military uniform, 1922. 

Photo by Lowell Thomas. 

Note: Amanullah Khan assumed the title of king in 1926.

Amir Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan mounted on horseback, 1922

Amir Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan mounted on horseback, 1922. Photo by Lowell Thomas. 

 Note: Amanullah Khan assumed the title of king in 1926.

Amir Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan mounted on horesback, dressed in military uniform and Pashtun headgear, surrounded by a mounted retinue riding through gate of fortified compound, 1922. Photo by Lowell Thomas.

Amir Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan and his brother, both in military dress, 1922

Amir Amanullah Khan (at left) and his brother Sardar Hayatullah Khan, both in military dress, 1922. Photo by Lowell Thomas.

Sardar Hayatullah Khan was stepbrother of King Amanullah Khan. He was Minister of Education (1923-1925) and Minister of Justice (1925-1929). Sardar Hayatullah Khan and another brother of the king, Sardar Abdul Majid Khan were killed in July 1929 by Habibullah Kalakani's regime.

1928: Afghan Ladies in public garden without Burqa

Afghan ladies in Bagh-i-Umoomi (Public Garden), Paghman, Afghanistan, 1928. They are wearing light diaphanous veils introduced by Queen Soraya to replace the head-to-toe Burqa. No woman wearing the full head-to-toe burqa was allowed to enter the Park.

Amir Amanullah Khan and his two daughters at Paghman Gardens, Afghanistan, 1922

 

Amir Amanullah Khan and his two daughters at Paghman Gardens, Afghanistan, 1922. Photo by Lowell Thomas or Harry A. Chase.

Shinwari revolt, 1929

Scene of the bazaar at Jalalabad (Afghanistan), Shinwari tribe in revolt against King Amanullah, February 1, 1929. Press Photo. Caption: "Our picture shows the bazaar at Jalalabad, the Afghan town on the Peshawar-Kabul road which is being besieged by the Shinwari tribesmen. Considerable damage has been caused to the town and the King's palace has been burned down. The town is surrounded by a high mud wall."

Reinforcements of Afghan infantry leaving Kabul to take part in the suppression of the Shinwari revolt. February 1, 1929. Press photo, The Times.