Mohammed zahir shah biography of christopher

3. Biodata:
Mohammed Zahir Shah Mohammad Zaher Shah (15 October 1915 – 23 July 2007) was the last King (Padishah) of Afghanistan, reigning for four decades, from 1933 until he was ousted by a coup in 1973.

Following his return from exile he was given the title 'Father of the Nation' in 2002 which he held until his death.

Zahir Shah was an ethnic Pashtun who was born on October 15, 1914, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Mohammed zahir shah biography of christopher

He was the son of Mohammed Nadir Shah, a senior member of the Barakzai royal family and commander in chief of the Afghan army under former king Amanullah Khan. Nadir Shah assumed the throne after the execution of Habibullah Ghazi on 10 October 1929.

Mohammed Zahir's father, son of Sardar Mohammad Yusuf Khan, was born in Dehradun, British India, his family having been exiled following the second Anglo-Afghan war. Nadir Shah was a descendant of Sardar Sultan Mohammed Khan Telai, half-brother of Amir Dost Mohammad Khan.

His grandfather Mohammad Yahya Khan (f