Word: amanullah
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Bitterly did King Amanullah of Afghanistan regret, last week, that he had ever sought to sow "reforms" among his people (TIME, Sept. 10), for it began to seem that he had reaped a revolution quite capable of toppling down his throne...
...reported from Moscow, where the Soviet radio station is directly in touch with Kabul, that King Amanullah had delegated his Royal powers to a "Council of Fifty," composed of "leading Mullahs and Khans of the Realm." Since these persons would unquestionably revoke all the newfangled decrees issued by King Amanullah after returning from his famed tour of Europe (TIME, Jan. 23- June 4. '28), joyous Afghans prepared for a new order, "Back to Barbarism...
Crackling radio dots and dashes from Kabul told finally, last week, why no messages had flashed for the past fortnight, gave gory details of King Amanullah's fierce fight with the rebellious, besieging Shinwaris...
From London it was falsely announced that King Amanullah had been forced to abdicate in favor of 14-year-old Crown Prince Rahmatullah. From Moscow, Soviet President A. T. Kalinin despatched a "gift" of Red combat planes to aid Afghanistan's hard-pressed monarch...
Last week came more authoritative despatches. Amanullah had not fled. Kabul, stoutly defended by loyal pants-clad troops, had not been captured...