Habibullah Khan I | |
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Emir of Afghanistan | |
Emir of Afghanistan | |
Reign | 1 October 1901 – 20 February 1919 |
Predecessor | Abdur Rahman Khan |
Successor | Nasrullah Khan |
Born | 3 June 1872 Samarkand, Emirate of Bukhara[1][2] |
Died | 20 February 1919 Kalagosh, Laghman Province, Afghanistan | (aged 46)
Dynasty | Barakzai dynasty |
Father | Abdur Rahman Khan |
Mother | Asal Begum |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
History of Afghanistan |
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Habibullah Khan (Pashto/Dari: حبيب الله خان ; 3 June 1872 – 20 February 1919) was the Emir of Afghanistan from 1901 until his assassination in 1919. He was the eldest son of the Emir Abdur Rahman Khan, whom he succeeded by right of primogeniture in October 1901. His grandfather was Mohammad Afzal Khan.[1][2]