Afghan emir in Peshawar (1907)

Afghan emir in Peshawar (1907)
Afghan emir Habibullah Khan photographed on a state visit to Peshawar in 1907.

After he took over in 1901, Khan carried out some progressive reforms in Afghanistan, but his own adviser was accused of apostasy and stoned to death in Kabul in 1903.

His strictly neutral stance in the World War I helped ease tensions with the British empire.

This visit was made two years after a treaty of friendship signed in 1905. Habibullah Khan was assassinated in 1919.