Word: inayatullah
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First off, the doughty brigand Bacha Sakao, called "The Water Carrier," stormed Kabul and forced King Amanullah to abdicate in favor of his brother Inayatullah (TIME, Jan. 21). Secondly, the bandits continued their storming until Second-King-of-the-Week Inayatullah abdicated, hefted his 280 pounds into an airplane, flew away. (At this point the whereabouts of Amanullah were unknown and his assassination rumored.) Thirdly, the "Water Carrier" Bacha Sakao occupied the arg or citadel of Kabul and proclaimed himself "Padishah Habibullah...
Expectations that His Majesty's position would quickly become untenable were strengthened by reports, possibly premature, that he had fled Kabul by airplane, established himself in Kandahar and abdicated in favor of his brother Inayatullah Khan...