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Mohammad Zahir Shah (Pashto/Dari: محمد ظاهر شاه ; 15 October 1914 – 23 July 2007) was the last King of Afghanistan, reigning from 8 November 1933 until he was deposed on 17 July 1973. [2] Ruling for 40 years, Zahir Shah was the longest-serving ruler of Afghanistan since the foundation of the Durrani Empire in the 18th century.
The 1973 Afghan coup d'état, also called by Afghans as the Coup of 26 Saratan (Dari: کودتای ۲۶ سرطان) [4] and self-proclaimed as the Revolution of 26 Saratan 1352, [a] [5] was led by Army General and prince Mohammad Daoud Khan against his cousin, King Mohammad Zahir Shah, on 17 July 1973, which resulted in the establishment of the ...
Mohammad Zahir Shah was king during the tribal revolts of 1944–1947. According to Alexander Davydov, causes of the revolts lay in the worsening conditions of farmers. [7] Farmers and landlords were required to forfeit one-third of their harvest to the government, a practice referred to as sekoti. [8]
Mohammed Zahir Shah, was the last King of Afghanistan, reigning for four decades, from 1933 until he was ousted by a coup in 1973, he belonged to the Mohammadzai tribe Sardar Abdul Khaliq Khan Telai, Prof. PhD (Sorbonne), Ambassador of Afghanistan to the UN , Pioneer of Physics in Afghanistan.
Mohammed Nadir reinstated the kingdom, was proclaimed King of Afghanistan as Mohammad Nadir Shah in October 1929, and went on to revert the reformist path of the last king, Amanullah Khan. He was succeeded by his son, Mohammad Zahir Shah, whose rule started in 1933 and lasted for 39 years.
In 1973, a coup deposed Afghanistan’s King Mohammad Zahir Shah. After the coup, the monarchy was abolished and the Republic of Afghanistan was formed, establishing close ties with the then ...
Mohammed Zahir Shah: Ibrahim Khan The 1945 Hazara Rebellion was a rebellion by the Hazaras in the Kingdom of Afghanistan which occurred in 1945 and 1946. Its causes ...
She married her first cousin, the Crown Prince of Afghanistan Mohammed Zahir on 7 November 1931 in Kabul. [2] Mohammed Zahir Shah and Humaira Begum had six sons and two daughters: Princess Bilqis Begum (born 17 April 1932). Prince Muhammed Akbar Khan (4 August 1933 – 26 November 1942). Crown Prince Ahmad Shah (23 September 1934 – 4 June 2024).