Saqqawists

Saqqawists
Leaders
Dates of operation1924–1931
Allegiance Emirate of Afghanistan (1929)
Group(s)Tajiks
Headquarters
IdeologyIslamic fundamentalism[2]
Islamism[3][4]
Anti-Shi'ism[5]
Tajik interests[6]
Size24[7] (1924)
20,000 (14 April 1929)
Allies Basmachi movement
Opponents
Battles and wars

The Saqqawists (Dari: سقاوی‌ها Saqāwīhā) were an armed group in Afghanistan who were active from 1924 to 1931. They were led by Habibullāh Kalakāni, and in January 1929, they managed to take control of Kabul, the capital of the Kingdom of Afghanistan, re-establishing the Emirate of Afghanistan. Following military reversals in the Afghan Civil War (1928–1929), they were forced out of the capital in October 1929. Saqqawist activity ended in 1931.

  1. ^ Muḥammad, Fayz̤; Hazārah, Fayz̤ Muḥammad Kātib (1999). Kabul Under Siege: Fayz Muhammad's Account of the 1929 Uprising. Markus Wiener Publishers. p. 114. ISBN 9781558761551.
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  3. ^ Ali, Mohammed (1933). Progressive Afghanistan. Punjab Educational Electric Press. pp. 29.
  4. ^ Muḥammad, Fayz̤; McChesney, R. D. (1999). Kabul under siege: Fayz Muhammad's account of the 1929 Uprising. Markus Wiener Publishers. p. 265. ISBN 9781558761544.
  5. ^ Muḥammad, Fayz̤; McChesney, R. D. (1999). Kabul under siege: Fayz Muhammad's account of the 1929 Uprising. Markus Wiener Publishers. pp. 246, 247. ISBN 9781558761544.
  6. ^ Muḥammad, Fayz̤; McChesney, R. D. (1999). Kabul under siege: Fayz Muhammad's account of the 1929 Uprising. Markus Wiener Publishers. p. 36. ISBN 9781558761544.
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