Habibullah Kalakani
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| Servant of the Prophet's Religion Son of the Water Carrier | |
Portrait of Habibullah Kalakani, 1929 | |
| Emir of Afghanistan | |
| Reign | 17 January 1929 – 13 October 1929 |
| Coronation | 14 December 1928 and again on 18 January 1929 |
| Predecessor | Inayatullah Khan |
| Successor | Mohammad Nadir Shah |
| Born | 19 January 1891 Kalakan, Emirate of Afghanistan |
| Died | 1 November 1929 (aged 38) Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan |
| Father | Aminullah Kalakani |
| Religion | Islam |
| Military career | |
| Conflicts | Third Anglo-Afghan War Khost rebellion (1924–1925)
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Habibullah Kalakani, (born Habibullah Khan; 1870 or 1891 – 1 November 1929) titularly known as Habibullah Khan III, and derogatively known as "Bacha-yi Saqaw", was the Emir of Afghanistan from 17 January to 13 October 1929, and the former leader of the Saqqawists. During the Afghan Civil War (1928–1929), he captured vast swathes of Afghanistan and ruled Kabul during what is known in Afghan historiography as the "Saqqawist period". No country recognized Kalakani as ruler of Afghanistan.
During the 1928–1929 Afghan Civil War, he contested the Afghan throne with King Amanullah Khan. After defeating Amanullah, he was eventually defeated by Mohammad Nadir Shah. Khalilullah Khalili, a noted historian and Kohistani poet laureate, depicted King Habibullah Kalakani as the "best manager of governmental imports and exports".