Habibullah Kalakani
Reaver of Afghan Nation (1929)
Habibullah Kalakani (born Habibullah Khan; 19 January 1891 – 1 November 1929), titularly known as Habibullah Khan III, and derogatively known as "Bacha-yi Saqaw", was the Emir of Afghanistan from 17 January to 13 October 1929, and the former 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". No country recognized Kalakani as ruler of Afghanistan.
During the 1928–1929 Afghan Civil War, he contested the Afghan throne with King Amanullah Khan. After defeating Amanullah, he was eventually defeated by Mohammad Nadir Shah. Khalilullah Khalili, a noted historian and Kohistani poet laureate, depicted King Habibullah Kalakani as the "best manager of governmental imports and exports".
Early years
Habibullah Kalakani was born 19 January 1891 in the village of Kalakan, north of Kabul. He was an ethnic Tajik. His father was a water carrier for Afghan soldiers in Kabul during the Second Anglo-Afghan War. In his memoirs, Kalakani stated that his home village was "miserable" and that he had "conceived a deep hatred of its poverty-stricken exterior".
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