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King of Afghanistan
Former Monarchy
	Emblem of the God-granted Kingdom of Afghanistan and all its dependencies
Last Monarch:; King Mohammed Zahir Shah (Barakzai Dynasty);
Style	His Majesty
First monarch	Emir Ahmad Shah Durrani (Sadozai Dynasty)
Last monarch	King Mohammed Zahir Shah (Barakzai Dynasty)
Official residence	Kabul, Afghanistan
Monarchy started	July 1747
Monarchy ended	July 17, 1973

Before the 1600s and prior, the Afghans that lived in cities were subject to live under foreign rulers. Those who refused were forced to live nomadic style in isolated mountain regions where the law of a central government did not reach to them. The Afghans were pushing for the establishment of their own state but many attempts have failed. In early 1700s Afghan leaders or tribal chiefs from Kandahar began to organize themselves and for the first time they freed themselves from foreign rule. In 1709, Mirwais Khan Hotak built a large fortress for himself and turned the town of Kandahar to the center of the first Afghan Kingdom. After a long series of wars, this kingdom was eventually replaced by the Durrani Empire which was founded by Ahmad Shah Durrani in 1747. The modern nation of Afghanistan is what's left over of the Durrani Empire.

[edit] Hotaki Dynasty

Title	Name	Reign start	Reign end
Emir	Mirwais Khan Hotak	1709	1715
Emir	Mir Mahmud Hotaki	1715	1725
Emir	Ashraf Khan	1725	1729

[edit] Durrani Empire

[edit] Sadozai Dynasty

Title	Name	Reign start	Reign end
Emir	Ahmad Shah Durrani	July 1747	16 October 1772
Emir	Timur Shah Durrani	16 October 1772	18 May 1793
Emir	Zaman Shah Durrani	18 May 1793	25 July 1801
Emir	Mahmud Shah Durrani	25 July 1801	13 July 1803
Emir	Shuja Shah Durrani	13 July 1803	3 May 1809
Emir	Mahmud Shah Durrani	3 May 1809	1818
Emir	Ali Shah Durrani	1818	1819
Emir	Ayub Shah Durrani	1819	1823

[edit] Emirate of Afghanistan

[edit] Barakzai Dynasty

Title	Name	Reign start	Reign end
Emir	Habibollah Shah	1823	1823
Regent	Soltan Mohammad Khan	1823	1826
Regent	Dost Mohammad Khan	1826	1836
Emir	Dost Mohammad Khan	1836	2 August 1839

[edit] Sadozai Dynasty

Title	Name	Reign start	Reign end
Emir	Shuja Shah Durrani	8 May 1839	5 April 1842
Emir	Fath Jang Khan	29 June 1842	12 October 1842
Emir	Shahpur Khan	12 October 1842	December 1842

[edit] Barakzai Dynasty (restored)

Title	Name	Reign start	Reign end
Emir	Dost Mohammad Khan	December 1842	9 June 1863
Emir	Sher Ali Khan	9 June 1863	May 1866
Emir	Mohammad Afzal Khan	May 1866	7 October 1867
Emir	Mohammad A`zam Khan	7 October 1867	8 September 1868
Emir	Sher Ali Khan	8 September 1868	21 February 1879
Emir	Mohammad Yaqub Khan	21 February 1879	12 October 1879
Regent	Mohammad Jan	12 October 1879	31 May]] 1880
Emir	Abdur Rahman Khan	31 May 1880	3 October 1901
Emir	Habibullah Khan	3 October 1901	20 February 1919
Emir	Nasrullah Khan	20 February 1919	28 February 1919

[edit] Kingdom of Afghanistan

[edit] Barakzai Dynasty

Title	Name	Reign start	Reign end
King	Amanullah Khan	28 February 1919	14 January 1929
King	Inayatullah Khan	14 January 1929	17 January 1929

[edit] Anti Reform Rule

Title	Name	Reign start	Reign end
Emir	Habibullah Kalakani	17 January 1929	13 October 1929

[edit] Barakzai Dynasty (restored)

Title	Name	Reign start	Reign end
King	Mohammed Nadir Shah	13 October 1929	8 November 1933
King	Mohammed Zahir Shah	8 November 1933	17 July 1973

[edit] See also

[edit] References

Contents

[edit] Hotaki Dynasty

[edit] Durrani Empire

[edit] Sadozai Dynasty

[edit] Emirate of Afghanistan

[edit] Barakzai Dynasty

[edit] Sadozai Dynasty

[edit] Barakzai Dynasty (restored)

[edit] Kingdom of Afghanistan

[edit] Barakzai Dynasty

[edit] Anti Reform Rule

[edit] Barakzai Dynasty (restored)

[edit] See also

[edit] References