Habibullah kalakani biography
- Habibullah Kalakani [q.v.], a Tadjik brigand, was.
- Early years.
- Amir Habibullah Ghazi (urodzony jako Habibullah Kalakani) (ur.
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Who Was King Habibullah II? A query from the literature
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The recent reburial of King Habibullah II – aka Habibullah Kalakani aka derogatively Bacha-ye Saqao (The Water Carrier’s Son) – that stirred up controversy and violence was another reflection of Afghanistan’s increasingly ethnicised politics. Competing narratives about historical events and the legacy of historical figures reflect deeper, underlying societal and political cleavages, both between ethnic groups and between conservatives and modernisers. To provide much-needed context, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig (with contributions by Ali Yawar Adili) has searched the literature for historical background about the person at the centre of this controversy.
Reburial of Habibullah II (Kalakani) on Shahr Ara Hill. Photo: Pajhwok.A ceremony, a standoff and a reburial
On 1 September 2016, scuffles broke out in Kabul’s Kolola Pushta neighbourhood. Shots were fired and people wounded. According to reports, one of the wounded later died. Those involved in the clashes largely belonged to two different ethnic groups – Uzbeks
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Habibullāh Kalakāni
Self-proclaimed ruler of Afghanistan in 1929 (1891–1929)
Habibullah Kalakani (Persian: حبیبالله کلکانی, 19 January 1891 – 1 November 1929), derogatively[6] called "Bacha-ye Saqao"[7][8][9] (also romanized Bachai Sakao; literally son of the water carrier), was the ruler[note 1] of Afghanistan from 17 January[note 2] to 13 October 1929, as well as a leader of the Saqqawists. During the Afghan Civil War (1928–1929), he captured vast swathes of Afghanistan and ruled Kabul during what is known in Afghan historiography as the "Saqqawist period".[12] He was an ethnic Tajik.[11] No country recognized Kalakani as ruler of Afghanistan.[13]
During the 1928–1929 Afghan Civil War he contested the Afghan throne with Amanullah Khan.[14] After defeating Amanullah, he was eventually defeated by Mohammad Nadir Shah.[14]Khalilullah Khalili, a Kohistani poet laureate, depicted King Habibullah Kalakani as the "best manager of governmental imports and ex
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Habibullah Kalakani (19 January 1891-1 November 1929) was King of Afghanistan from 17 January to 16 October 1929, succeeding Inayatullah Khan and preceding Mohammed Nadir Shah.
Biography[]
Habibullah was born in the village of Kalakani, Afghanistan in 1891 to a Tajik family. After an old Sufi in Kabul told Habibullah that he would become king one day, he decided to join the Afghan National Army, and he rebelled against Inayatullah Khan as he battled rebellious Pashtun tribes in 1929. The country was thrown into civil war, and Inayatullah fled to Kandahar, from where he announced his abdication to Kalakani, saying that he had never even wished to become King. Habibullah held power for nine months, but Mohammed Nadir Shah seized power in October 1929 and had Kalakani hanged in November.
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