Habibullah Khan (June 3 1872 – February 20 1919) was the Emir of Afghanistan from 1901 until 1919. He was born in Samarkand Uzbekistan the eldest son of the Emir Abdur Rahman Khan whom he succeeded by right of primogeniture in October 1901.Habibullah was a relatively secular reform-minded ruler who attempted to modernize his country. During his reign he worked to bring Western medicine and other technology to Afghanistan.
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