The Kingdom of Afghanistan (, "Dǝ Afġānistān wākmanān"; , "Pādešāhī-ye Afġānistān") was a constitutional monarchy in Southern and Central Asia established in 1926 as a successor state to the Emirate of Afghanistan. It was proclaimed by its first king, Amanullah Khan, seven years after his accession to the throne. The monarchy ended in the 1973 Afghan coup d'état.