Unknown artist, portrait rug of Amanullah Khan with armaments, Afghanistan; acquired in Peshawar, Pakistan, 1985. Knotted wool. 53 1⁄4 x 33 1⁄2 in. In the 1970s, weavers began depicting King Amanullah Khan likely because he was the first modern leader of Afghanistan to have introduced a written constitution, an independent judiciary, Western dress, and education reforms.