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The role of foreign factors in constitutionalism (Mashrūtiyyat) in Afghanistan
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Mohammad Sharif Adeeb Abrahmi   , Abbas Serafrazi , Mahdi Salah |
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Abstract: (1114 Views) |
The movement of constitutionalism (Mashrūtiyyat) is a turning point in the contemporary history of Afghanistan. This movement has experienced various difficulties and has faced failure in every period. Amir Habibullah Khan created the ground for the political activities of intellectuals and constitutionalists by establishing "Habibia High School". Habibia High School, as one of the critical and significant centers of reformism, libertarianism, independentism, and constitutionalism, became a platform for political activities where local and foreign teachers were teaching. The constitutionalism movement was influenced by Sayyid Jamāl al-Dīn's reformist idea and inspired by external factors and global and regional developments that intellectuals, libertarians, and constitutionalists were trying to realize. The constitutionalists were fighting to end the dependence on colonial governments and internal tyranny, reform the political structure, and set up a constitutional monarchy. This article tries to investigate the influence of external factors in the formation of constitutionalism by using historical texts in the Persian, Russian and English languages and finding its cause. This study seeks to answer the question that how was the role of foreign factors in constitutionalism in Afghanistan and what was the result? The research findings indicate that: the role of Indian Muslim teachers, Ottoman Young Turks, Iranian constitutionalism and the role of colonial powers, especially England and Russia, were the most important foreign factors affecting Afghanistan's constitutionalism.
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| Keywords: Amir Habibullah Khan, Habibia High School, Afghanistan's constitutionalism. |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2022/05/5 | Accepted: 2022/08/8
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