Emirate of Afghanistan
monarchy in Central Asia from 1823 to 1926
Key facts
- Status
- Principality (1823–1834), Emirate (1834–1926), De jure British protected state (1879–1919)
- Capital
- Kabul , Ghazni ( de facto , 1879–1880)
- Official languages
- Persian , Pashto
- Spoken languages
- Pashto Persian Uzbek Turkmen Balochi Pashayi Nuristani Central Asian Arabic Kyrgyz others
- Ethnic groups
- Pashtun , Tajik , Uzbek , Hazara , Persian , Aimaq , Turkmen , Baloch , Pashai , Nuristani , Gurjar , Arab , Brahui , Qizilbash , Pamiri , Kyrgyz , others
- Religion
- Majority: Sunni Islam Minority: Twelver Shia Islam , Ismailism , Hinduism , Sikhism , Judaism , Christianity
- Demonym
- Afghan
- Government
- Unitary Islamic emirate
- 1823 1824 first
- Habibullah Khan
- 1919 1926 last
- Amanullah Khan
- Legislature
- Loya Jirga
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Today part of Afghanistan Pakistan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Iran
Medieval