Habibullah Khan

Habibullah Khan I
Emir of Afghanistan
Emir of Afghanistan
Reign1 October 1901 – 20 February 1919
PredecessorAbdur Rahman Khan
SuccessorNasrullah Khan
Born3 June 1872
Samarkand, Emirate of Bukhara
Died20 February 1919(1919-02-20) (aged 46)
Kalagosh, Laghman Province, Emirate of Afghanistan
DynastyBarakzai dynasty
FatherAbdur Rahman Khan
MotherAsal Begum
ReligionSunni Islam

Habibullah Khan (Pashto/Dari: حبيب الله خان ; 3 June 1872 – 20 February 1919) was the Emir of Afghanistan from 1901 until his assassination in 1919 by Shuja-ud-Daula Ghourbandi. He was the eldest son of the Emir Abdur Rahman Khan, whom he succeeded by right of primogeniture in October 1901. His grandfather was Mohammad Afzal Khan.