Search results
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.
May 23, 2024 · Mohammad Zahir Shah (born Oct. 15, 1914, Kabul, Afg.—died July 23, 2007, Kabul) was the king of Afghanistan from 1933 to 1973, who provided an era of stable government to his country. The sons of Moḥammad Nāder Shah, Zahir and his brothers reasserted central government control during a period of anarchy and banditry in the late 1920s.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mohammad Zahir Shah. (1933–73) The first 20 years of Mohammad Zahir Shah ’s reign were characterized by cautious policies of national consolidation, an expansion of foreign relations, and internal development using Afghan funds alone. World War II brought about a slowdown in development processes, but Afghanistan maintained its traditional ...
"Zahir Shah was beloved by many people," said Abdul Hamid Mubarez, one of Afghanistan's best-known journalists. "For them, he was a mixture of Afghan and Western culture. He was educated in France ...
Jul 23, 2007 · July 23, 2007. KABUL — Muhammad Zahir Shah, the last king of Afghanistan, who returned from three decades of exile to bless his war-battered country's fragile course toward democracy, has died ...
In December 2001 Zahir Shah gave his blessing to Hamid Karzai, a fellow Pashtun selected as an interim leader for the troubled country. The son of King Nadir Shah of Afghanistan, Muhammad Zahir Shah was born on October 15, 1914, in the capital city of Kabul. Educated in both his native country and France, he was thrust suddenly into power at ...
People also ask
Who is Mohammad Zahir Shah?
What happened to Zahir Shah?
What did Mohammad Zahir Shah do in Afghanistan?
What did Mohammad Zahir Shah do in the first 20 years?
Jul 23, 2007 · Advertisement. Mohammad Zahir Shah, the last king of Afghanistan who returned from three decades of exile to bless his war-battered country's fragile course toward democracy, died Monday ...
