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Mosque with Stars & Great Game Ghazi Amanullah Khan 3 Shahi Afghanistan Authentic Coin Money for Jewelry & Craft Making (1919) CONDITION: Fair Reverse: Value (3 Shahi in Suls) at top. Mosque within a circular 7-rays sunburst at the center. All surrounded by 10 stars. Crossed sabres (hilts up) below mosque. Source: A Catalog of Modern Coins of Afghanistan: https://issuu.com/persic/docs/series-iii_amanullah_khan-ver-2/22 Obverse: "Amir Amanullah" & at top, "al-ghazi : الغازی" (i.e. "Conqueror/Victorious") Date & legend with a circle surrounded by 10 stars. (Date over Shamsi script.) Features IssuerAfghanistan EmirAmanullah (1919-1926) TypeStandard circulation coin Year1298 (1919) CalendarIranian - persian Value3 Shahi = 1/4 Rupee (0.25) CurrencyRupee (1747-1925) CompositionCopper Weight9 g Diameter32.06 mm ShapeRound OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑ DemonetizedYes NumberN# 75952 ReferencesKM# 871.2 Wikipedia: Ghazi Amanullah Khan (Pashto: غازي امان الله خان, Dari: غازی امان الله خان) was the sovereign of the Kingdom of Afghanistan from 1919 to 1929, first as Emir & after 1926 as King.[1] After the August 1919 end of the Third Anglo-Afghan War, Afghanistan was able to relinquish its protected state status to proclaim independence & pursue an independent foreign policy free from the influence of the United Kingdom. His rule was marked by dramatic political & social change, attempting to modernize Afghanistan on Western designs, which he did not fully succeed in, due to an uprising by Habibullah Kalakani & his followers. On 14 January 1929, Amanullah abdicated & fled to neighbouring British India as the Afghan Civil War began to escalate. From British India he went to Europe where after 30 years in exile, he died in Italy, in 1960 (yet apparently & reportedly according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica: Amānullāh Khan would have died in Zürich in Switzerland). His body was brought to Afghanistan & buried in Jalalabad. Amanullah Khan was fiercely anti-British & wanted to destroy an old agreement which gave the British control over Afghanistan's foreign policy. The British resisted this move, & so began the Third Anglo-Afghan War (1919). After a brief struggle, the British were forced to negotiate & in the end surrendered their control over Afghanistan's foreign policy. Afterwards, Amanullah became a national hero, & was given the title Ghazi Source Afghan Mosque With Stars 1919 Great Game Ghazi Amanullah Khan 3 Shahi Afghanistan Authentic Coin Money For Jewelry | Condition Fair
